Abstract
The banning of Archive of Our Own in Mainland China on February 27, 2020 became known as the 227 incident in Chinese media and fan circles. The incident and ensuing fall out highlights the heterogeneity of spaces of fandom; the diverse ways that interaction with texts, media and celebrity occur within these spaces, and the lack of clear boundaries between fields of operation (à la Bourdieu). Different fan practices and different levels of fan identification with media texts or celebrities produce different outcomes. Each mode of operation has its own attendant drivers and motivations such as affective attachment or creative experimentation. Yet these nuanced fields of operation are overlooked when antagonism within and between fan groups becomes the sole focus of media reporting that serves to pathologize fan practices and marginalise fan identities
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Catching Chen Qing Ling |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Untamed and Adaptation, Production, and Reception in Transcultural Contexts |
| Editors | Yue Wang, Maria Alberto |
| Place of Publication | New York, Berlin, Oxford |
| Publisher | Peter Lang |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 237 |
| Number of pages | 254 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781433197604 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781433197611, 9781433197628 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jun 2024 |