Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom

A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Mike Stack

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This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-09-16
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTransmedia
Antal sidor258
FörlagAmsterdam University Press
ISBN9789463727570

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Medievetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
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Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1 - Fan Identities: Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following, Chapter 2 - The Doctor: The Hero's Queer Masculinity, Performance and Contradictory Morality, Chapter 3 - The TARDIS: The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space, Chapter 4 - The Companion: Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play, Chapter 5 - The Monster: The Queer Reception of the Daleks, Conclusion: Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change?, Index

“Stack examines Doctor Who from the perspective of queer fandom, deftly uncovering its queer resonances…. He wisely grounds his argument in early statistical analysis showing that Doctor Who fans are likelier to be gay than the population average. What could have been reductive or essentialist instead remains attentive to complexity… The interviewees’ voices add a human depth… Stack’s chapter on the TARDIS is the book’s pinnacle… His textual analysis is dizzyingly expansive… superb….”Tom May, Northumbria University, UK, in Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies 20(3)