Journal article
Fandom while black: Misty Copeland, Black Panther, Tyler Perry and the contours of US black fandoms
International journal of cultural studies, Vol.22(6), pp.737-753
11/01/2019
DOI: 10.1177/1367877919854155
Abstract
Using 50 interviews with black people about their fandoms (and anti-fandoms) of Tyler Perry's media output, the blockbuster film Black Panther and the African American ballerina Misty Copeland, this article illuminates black fandom's four interlocking discourses. First, must-see blackness describes black fans' "civic duty" to see blackness in all of its forms. Second, economic consumption drives "must-see blackness" in the sense that black fans are cognizant of the precariousness of blackness's existence in spaces that are either historically white and/or have been hostile to the presence of blackness. Third, black fandoms (and anti-fandoms) are driven by their pedagogical properties: how fit are fan objects for learning and role modeling? Finally, the pedagogical fitness of fan objects intersects with economic consumption and must-see blackness, which, in turn, illuminates black fans' attentiveness to the machinations of the culture industries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fandom while black: Misty Copeland, Black Panther, Tyler Perry and the contours of US black fandoms
- Creators
- Alfred L. Martin - Univ Iowa, Dept Commun Studies, Iowa City, IA USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of cultural studies, Vol.22(6), pp.737-753
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1367877919854155
- ISSN
- 1367-8779
- eISSN
- 1460-356X
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- African American Studies; Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309652402771
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