Cult Media, Fandom, and Textiles: Handicrafting as Fan Art

Cult Media, Fandom, and TextilesHandicrafting as Fan ArtThis book is the first to explore handicrafting practiced by media fans, their online fan communities and the multiple meanings they create. Based on in-depth ethnographic research into fans on the online social network for knitters, crocheters and crafters, Ravelry, Brigid Cherry explores textile craft by fans as both an artistic practice and transformative fan work. Including case studies of projects inspired by Doctor Who, True Blood, Firefly, Harry Potter, Sherlock and steampunk, the book engages with many forms of fan production, including fan art, fan fiction and cosplay. Fans of popular films and TV shows are increasingly engaging with textile crafts as a way of reworking, reimagining and engaging with cult media texts. Proving a global phenomenon amongst fan cultures in the digital media sphere, traditional film and TV audiences are forging their fan identities and participating in wider fan communities in innovative ways through online craft forums and blogs that showcase their knitting, crochet, spinning and dyeing projects. Exploring key debates from textile and media theory, surrounding gender, domesticity, the culture industries, audiences and fan culture, this book is essential reading for students of textiles, media studies, fashion, cultural and gender studies.Additional ISBNs9781474215152Cult Media, Fandom, and Textiles: Handicrafting as Fan Art 1st Edition is written by Brigid Cherry and published by Bloomsbury Academic. ISBNs for Cult Media, Fandom, and Textiles are 9781474215169, 1474215165 and the print ISBNs are 9781350071339, 1350071331. Additional ISBNs include 9781474215152.