Date of Award

7-8-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Department of English

First Advisor

Erika Sparby

Abstract

As people today spend more time online than ever, the question of how identities are constructed in different online spaces has become a critical question. One means of identity building is through remix, specifically when marginalized groups in particular insert themselves into exclusive spaces by reinterpreting existing work. One online space that engages in this work frequently is fandom, where fans excluded from larger narratives use fanfiction and fanart to create a space for themselves. Fandom provides an opportunity to see how an existing online culture navigates questions of conflicting identities through remix.

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Imported from ProQuest Larsen_ilstu_0092N_11546.pdf

DOI

http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2019.Larsen.B

Page Count

103

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