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| − | Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online academic journal published by the fan-run [http://transformativeworks.org Organisation for Transformative Works]. "Transformative works" is the term used by the organisation, in a public (non-fandom) context, to describe fanworks. | + | [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/index Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC)] is an online academic journal published by the fan-run [http://transformativeworks.org Organisation for Transformative Works (OTW)]. "Transformative works" is the term used by the organisation, in a public (non-fandom) context, to describe fanworks. |
TWC publishes peer-reviewed academic articles on fandom and fanworks, and also has a more relaxed "Symposium" branch, which publishes [[Meta in Supernatural|meta]] essays on fandom and fanworks. Academics, fans and acafen are all welcome to submit articles for publication. | TWC publishes peer-reviewed academic articles on fandom and fanworks, and also has a more relaxed "Symposium" branch, which publishes [[Meta in Supernatural|meta]] essays on fandom and fanworks. Academics, fans and acafen are all welcome to submit articles for publication. | ||
| − | ==Special Issue on Supernatural ( | + | =="Saving People, Hunting Things": Special Issue on Supernatural (March 2010)== |
| − | + | A special [[Supernatural]] issue of TWC was published in March 2010 and was the journal's first fandom-specifc issue. The issue is available online at [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/5 Transformative Works and Culture, Vol 4 (2010)] and for download [https://www.mediafire.com/?3da4141jm2sscns here]. | |
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| + | Below is the official call for papers, published on the TWC website: | ||
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Transformative Works and Cultures invites submissions for a special issue on the CW television series Supernatural. We are interested in essays concerning every aspect of the show, but especially in studies of Supernatural fandom and fan culture. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, textual and cultural analyses of the series and of the fandom (including real person fan fiction), studies of the series' transmedia properties such as the Rising Son comics and the official Web site's "Hunter's Blog," and studies of the relationship between the show's producers and actors and the online fandom. | Transformative Works and Cultures invites submissions for a special issue on the CW television series Supernatural. We are interested in essays concerning every aspect of the show, but especially in studies of Supernatural fandom and fan culture. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, textual and cultural analyses of the series and of the fandom (including real person fan fiction), studies of the series' transmedia properties such as the Rising Son comics and the official Web site's "Hunter's Blog," and studies of the relationship between the show's producers and actors and the online fandom. | ||
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| − | * [ | + | === Content === |
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| + | '''Praxis''' | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/174 "Kinda like the folklore of its day": "Supernatural," fairy tales, and ostension] by Catherine Tosenberger | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/152/155 Monstrous melodrama: Expanding the scope of melodramatic identification to interpret negative fan responses to "Supernatural"] by Lisa Schmidt | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/154/157 The Impala as negotiator of melodrama and masculinity in "Supernatural"] by Melissa N. Bruce | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/135/141 "Let's get those Winchesters pregnant": Male pregnancy in "Supernatural" fan fiction] by Berit Åström | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/142/145 Renegotiating religious imaginations through transformations of "banal religion" in "Supernatural"] by Line Nybro Petersen | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/134/142 "Hey, check it out, there's actually fans": (Dis)empowerment and (mis)representation of cult fandom in "Supernatural"] by Laura E. Felschow | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/133/147 Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in "Supernatural" fan fiction] by Monica Flegel and Jenny Roth | ||
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| + | '''Symposium''' | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/171/154 Tlön, fandom, and source texts: The effect of fan works on the narrative of "Supernatural"] by Deepa Sivarajan | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/192/158 "What you don't know": "Supernatural" fan vids and millennial theology] by Louisa Ellen Stein | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/136/159 What are little ghouls made of? The "Supernatural" family, fandom, and the problem of Adam] by Kristin Noone | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/179/160 "Supernatural" bodies: Writing subjugation and resistance onto Sam and Dean Winchester] by Suzette Chan | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/156/140 Infernal redemption] by Babak Zarin | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/146/149 From canon to fanon and back again: The epic journey of "Supernatural" and its fans] by Melissa Gray | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/187/148 "I'm glad we got burned, think of all the things we learned": Fandom conflict and context in Counteragent's "Still Alive"] by Katharina Freund | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/159/138 A box of mirrors, a unicorn, and a pony] by [[User:Missyjack|Jules Wilkinson]] | ||
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| + | '''Interview''' | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/185/150 Interview] with [[Keith R.A. DeCandido]] by Catherine Tosenberger | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/200/137 Interview] with the [[Super-wiki:Admin Team|Super-wiki admin team]] by Deborah Kaplan | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/208/151 Interview] with [[Wincon]] organizer Ethrosdemon by TWC Editor | ||
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| + | '''Review''' | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/175/161 Review] of "[[In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural]]" by Alysa Hornick | ||
| + | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/191/162 Review] of "[[Supernatural: Role Playing Game]]" by Douglas Schules | ||
==Other Supernatural articles in TWC== | ==Other Supernatural articles in TWC== | ||
| − | * [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/30/36 | + | * Vol 1 (2008): [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/30/36 "The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean". Supernatural, queer readings, and the romance of incestuous fan fiction] by Catherine Tosenberger |
| + | * Vol 5 (2010): [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/220/173 Becky is my hero: The power of laughter and disruption in "Supernatural"] by Judith May Fathallah | ||
| + | * Vol 19 (2015): [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/586/487 Online Italian fandoms of American TV shows] by Eleonora (featured) | ||
| + | * Vol 11 (2012): [http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/406/337 "But this is my story and this is how I wanted to write it": Author's notes as a fannish claim to power in fan fiction writing] by Alexandra Herzog (featured) | ||
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[[Category:Fandom]][[Category:Fanworks]] [[Category:Meta]] | [[Category:Fandom]][[Category:Fanworks]] [[Category:Meta]] | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 12 August 2015
Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online academic journal published by the fan-run Organisation for Transformative Works (OTW). "Transformative works" is the term used by the organisation, in a public (non-fandom) context, to describe fanworks.
TWC publishes peer-reviewed academic articles on fandom and fanworks, and also has a more relaxed "Symposium" branch, which publishes meta essays on fandom and fanworks. Academics, fans and acafen are all welcome to submit articles for publication.
"Saving People, Hunting Things": Special Issue on Supernatural (March 2010)
A special Supernatural issue of TWC was published in March 2010 and was the journal's first fandom-specifc issue. The issue is available online at Transformative Works and Culture, Vol 4 (2010) and for download here.
Below is the official call for papers, published on the TWC website:
Special Issue: "Saving People, Hunting Things": Special Issue on Supernatural
Transformative Works and Cultures (Spring 2010)
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2009
Guest Editor: Catherine Tosenberger
Transformative Works and Cultures invites submissions for a special issue on the CW television series Supernatural. We are interested in essays concerning every aspect of the show, but especially in studies of Supernatural fandom and fan culture. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, textual and cultural analyses of the series and of the fandom (including real person fan fiction), studies of the series' transmedia properties such as the Rising Son comics and the official Web site's "Hunter's Blog," and studies of the relationship between the show's producers and actors and the online fandom.
Content
Praxis
- "Kinda like the folklore of its day": "Supernatural," fairy tales, and ostension by Catherine Tosenberger
- Monstrous melodrama: Expanding the scope of melodramatic identification to interpret negative fan responses to "Supernatural" by Lisa Schmidt
- The Impala as negotiator of melodrama and masculinity in "Supernatural" by Melissa N. Bruce
- "Let's get those Winchesters pregnant": Male pregnancy in "Supernatural" fan fiction by Berit Åström
- Renegotiating religious imaginations through transformations of "banal religion" in "Supernatural" by Line Nybro Petersen
- "Hey, check it out, there's actually fans": (Dis)empowerment and (mis)representation of cult fandom in "Supernatural" by Laura E. Felschow
- Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in "Supernatural" fan fiction by Monica Flegel and Jenny Roth
Symposium
- Tlön, fandom, and source texts: The effect of fan works on the narrative of "Supernatural" by Deepa Sivarajan
- "What you don't know": "Supernatural" fan vids and millennial theology by Louisa Ellen Stein
- What are little ghouls made of? The "Supernatural" family, fandom, and the problem of Adam by Kristin Noone
- "Supernatural" bodies: Writing subjugation and resistance onto Sam and Dean Winchester by Suzette Chan
- Infernal redemption by Babak Zarin
- From canon to fanon and back again: The epic journey of "Supernatural" and its fans by Melissa Gray
- "I'm glad we got burned, think of all the things we learned": Fandom conflict and context in Counteragent's "Still Alive" by Katharina Freund
- A box of mirrors, a unicorn, and a pony by Jules Wilkinson
Interview
- Interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido by Catherine Tosenberger
- Interview with the Super-wiki admin team by Deborah Kaplan
- Interview with Wincon organizer Ethrosdemon by TWC Editor
Review
- Review of "In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural" by Alysa Hornick
- Review of "Supernatural: Role Playing Game" by Douglas Schules
Other Supernatural articles in TWC
- Vol 1 (2008): "The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean". Supernatural, queer readings, and the romance of incestuous fan fiction by Catherine Tosenberger
- Vol 5 (2010): Becky is my hero: The power of laughter and disruption in "Supernatural" by Judith May Fathallah
- Vol 19 (2015): Online Italian fandoms of American TV shows by Eleonora (featured)
- Vol 11 (2012): "But this is my story and this is how I wanted to write it": Author's notes as a fannish claim to power in fan fiction writing by Alexandra Herzog (featured)
