{"product_id":"a-portrait-of-the-auteur-as-fanboy-the-construction-of-authorship-in-transmedia-franchises-paperback","title":"A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnastasia Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMel Stanfill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly over the past decade, fan credentials on the part of writers, directors, and producers have come to be seen as a guarantee of quality media making--the \"fanboy auteur.\" Figures like Joss Whedon are both one of \"us\" and one of \"them.\" This is a strategy of marketing and branding--it is a claim from the auteur himself or industry PR machines that the presence of an auteur who is also a fan means the product is worth consuming. Such claims that fan credentials guarantee quality are often contested, with fans and critics alike rejecting various auteur figures as the true leader of their respective franchises. That split, between assertions of fan and auteur status and acceptance (or not) of that status, is key to unravelling the fan auteur. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Anastasia Salter and Mel Stanfill examine this phenomenon through a series of case studies featuring fanboys. The volume discusses both popular fanboys, such as J. J. Abrams, Kevin Smith, and Joss Whedon, as well as fangirls like J. K. Rowling, E L James, and Patty Jenkins, and dissects how the fanboy-fangirl auteur dichotomy is constructed and defended by popular media and fans in online spaces, and how this discourse has played in maintaining the exclusionary status quo of geek culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is particularly timely given current discourse, including such incidents as the controversy surrounding Joss Whedon's so-called feminism, the publication of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Cursed Child\u003c\/i\u003e, and contestation over authorial voices in the DC cinematic universe, as well as broader conversations about toxic masculinity and sexual harassment in Hollywood.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnastasia Salter\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of English at University of Central Florida. Salter is author of \u003ci\u003eJane Jensen: Gabriel Knight, Adventure Games, Hidden Objects\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Your Quest? From Adventure Games to Interactive Books\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eToxic Geek Masculinity in Media: Sexism, Trolling, and Identity Policing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlash: Building the Interactive Web\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMel Stanfill \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Texts and Technology Program and the Department of English at University of Central Florida. Stanfill's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew Media and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCritical Studies in Media Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eExploiting Fandom: How the Media Industry Seeks to Manipulate Fans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52711323009331,"sku":"9781496830470","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s5vU6zKwr59781496830470.webp?v=1763513922","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-portrait-of-the-auteur-as-fanboy-the-construction-of-authorship-in-transmedia-franchises-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}