Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture – Henry Jenkins

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Year

1992

Type

Book (ethnography/theory)

Core idea

TV fans aren’t passive consumers; they actively rewrite, remix and extend stories, building cultures and communities around them.

How I use it

Any time I’m analysing fandom data, I start here, if only to reassure myself that there were smart people thinking about fanfic before AO3 stats existed.

My take

Yes, it’s a book and yes, I’m cheating on a “papers” list—but fan studies basically rolls its opening credits over this thing.