Aca-fandom

The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make up a near-majority faction).

They have also reduced the distance between fandom and the adademy by proclaiming their dual identities. Aca-fandom has therefore questioned the norms of academic subjectivity.

And if aca-fandom is maintained as a fan studies’ badge of belonging, then there’s the additional ‘risk of creating a field in which only certain felt scholarships [or aca-fandoms] are welcome, with others dismissed or not recognized or simply not invited to be part of the conversation;’ […]