Remake it, Remix it, and Queer it Up
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/34128Dato
2024-05-16Type
Master thesisMastergradsoppgave
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Skarsfjord, MartineSammendrag
This thesis analyzes fanfiction and the community surrounding fan made media as a source of
comfort for queer youth. A large majority of those who read and write fanfiction are queer
and include their own relationships with queerness in their writing. The people writing
fanfiction spend their own time and energy to share stories about their favorite characters for
free, giving anyone access to read their works. I argue that queer youth who lack
representation in mainstream media turn to fanfiction in order to find characters and
narratives they relate to and that fanfiction helps build communities. Using All the Young
Dudes as a case study, I examine how queer youth read and respond to works of fiction
written about characters they already know, but through the perspective of queer people. I will
be using research that has been done about queer mental health (Duggan, Andreassen,
Dajches and Llewellyn) and more general research that has been conducted about the impacts
of relying on fiction for emotional regulation (Benko, Hill & Hum, Risch) to inform my
analysis throughout this thesis. Additionally, I will be using comments left on the fanfiction
by readers to support claims I make about how ATYD can – and has impacted queer readers.
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UiT Norges arktiske universitetUiT The Arctic University of Norway
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