Interrogating tweendom online : 'fangirl as pathology', gender/age, and iCarly fandom

Since the early 1990s, fan studies has sought to counter perceptions of the ‘pathology of fandom’ and the devaluation of fans as feminine and infantile. In recent years, some scholars have claimed that fans are newly normalised in popular culture, and it is no longer necessary to contest problematic...

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Main Author: Dare-Edwards, Helena Louise
Published: University of East Anglia 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687865