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Fandom for Us, by Us: The Pleasures and Practices of Black Audiences

Name: Fandom for Us, by Us: The Pleasures and Practices of Black Audiences
Brand: New York University Press
SKU: 9781479824922
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Contributors:

Jr.

Publisher:

New York University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science, Business & Economics

Book Subcategory:

Media Studies, Race & Ethnic Relations, Industries

Book Topic:

Media & Communications

Series:

Postmillennial Pop #36

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Release Date:

2025-04-22

ISBN 13:

9781479824922

Weight:

0.65 lbs

Size:

8.80 x 5.90 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

200

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The convergence of the politics of representation and Black fan cultures

Boldly going where few fandom scholars have gone before, Fandom for Us, by Us breaks from our focus on white fandom to center Black fandoms. Alfred L. Martin, Jr., engages these fandoms through what he calls the "four C's" class, clout, canon, and comfort.

Class is a key component of how Black fandom is contingent on distinctions between white, nationally recognized cultural productions and multicultural and/or regional cultural productions, as demonstrated by Misty Copeland's ascension in American Ballet Theatre. Clout refers to Black fans' realization of their own consumer spending power as an agent for industrial change, reducing the precarity of Blackness within historically white cultural apparatuses and facilitating the production of Black blockbusters like 2018's Black Panther. Canon entails a communal fannish practice of sharing media objects, like the 1978 film The Wiz, which lead them to take on meanings outside of their original context. Comfort describes the nostalgic and sentimental affects associated with beloved fan objects such as the television show, Golden Girls, connected to notions of Black joy and signaling moments wherein Black people can just be themselves.

Through 75 in-depth interviews with Black fans, Fandom for Us, by Us argues not only for the importance of studying Black fandoms, but also demonstrates their complexities by both coupling and decoupling Black reception practices from the politics of representation. Martin highlights the nuanced ways Black fans interact with media representations, suggesting class, clout, canon, and comfort are universal to the study of all fandoms. Yet, for all the ways these fandoms are similar and reciprocal, Black fandoms are also their own set of practices, demanding their own study.

About the Author
Alfred L. Martin, Jr., is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts at University of Miami. He is author of The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom, editor of Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy, and co-editor of The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai.

Fandom for Us, by Us: The Pleasures and Practices of Black Audiences

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