An exploration of the relationship between the world of Disney and its fandom.
This collection of essays analyzes the fandom of Disney brands across a variety of media including film, television, novels, stage productions, and theme parks. It showcases fan engagement such as cosplay, fan art, and on social media, as well as the company’s reaction to it. Further, the volume deals with crucial issues—race and racism, the role of queerness, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the advent of the streaming service Disney+—within the Disney fandom and in Disney texts.
The authors come from a variety of disciplines including cultural and media studies, marketing and communications, cultural history, theater and performance studies, and more. In addition to interviews with fan practitioners, the essays feature both leading experts in fan and Disney studies alongside emerging voices in these fields. A vital new addition to the growing subdiscipline of fan studies, it will be popular with scholars of cultural studies, cultural history, and media studies.
Edited by:
Sabrina Mittermeier (University of Kassel Germany)
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 243mm,
Width: 169mm,
ISBN: 9781789386776
ISBN 10: 1789386772
Series: Fan Phenomena
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 20 December 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction – Sabrina Mittermeier Part 1: Diversity and the Disney Princess Frozen Fever: Fan Fashion, Costumes, and Revisions of Elsa and Anna Designs – Nicole Lamerichs ‘Let It Go!’: Child Fans, Song, and the Frozen Franchise – Ryan Bunch “Dream Big, Princess”: Disney’s Princess Fandom as a Trans-generational, Feminist Fan Space – Tracey Mollet That’s (Not) My Princess: Representation, Race, and (Anti-)Fan Activism – Christina Wurst Panel Discussion: The Live Action Mulan (2020) and Disney’s Approach to Racial Diversity – Michelle Anya Anjirbag, Bertha Chin & Jingan Young Interlude: Representation, Censorship and Disney+ “Please don’t censor Hamilton!”: Disney+, Social Media Fandom, and Censorship – Olympia Kiriakou Musings of a Queer Disney Fan – Sabrina Mittermeier Part 2: The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans Creativity and Connection: How Disney Parks’ Fans Responded During the Coronavirus Closures – Rebecca Williams To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks – Rebecca Rowe Fan Appreciation: Victoria Wade Friends Just Around the Riverbend: Performing Intimacy and Authenticity in Disney Park Character Meets – Victoria Pettersen Lantz Fan Appreciation: Shawn Rosell Haunted Waters: The Elimination of Liveness in Disney’s Rivers of Light – Tom Robson From Mickey Waffles to Vegan Samosas: Evolving Disney Food Fandoms – Jennifer A. Kokai The Traveling Disney Bear ‘Duffy’ and His Surprising Popularity in Japan – Katharina Hülsmann & Timo Thelen Fan Appreciaton: Chris Nilghe Part 3: The Brand and its Fans – How Disney Responds to Fandom and Monetizes Fan Labor Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust: Disney’s Participatory Publics – Amber L. Hutchins Disney's Social Media Moms – Kylie Torres Fitting Inside the Mouse House – Disney’s Experiential Media Aesthetics – Chris Comerford Disney Publishing and the Saturation of the Imaginative Market – Michelle Anya Anjirbag
Dr Sabrina Mittermeier is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in American cultural history at the University of Kassel, Germany, the author of A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks (Intellect 2021), and the co-editor of Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery (2020), as well as The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek (2022).
