NOVEL NOVICE – THE ‘OTHER’-ING OF THE TWILIGHT FAN
Novel Novice Twilight presents “The ‘Other’-ing of the Twilight Fan†– an academic paper on Twilight, written by our own Ms. Truitt.
The thesis of the paper explores how female fans, particularly female Twilight fans, are misrepresented in various popular culture outlets.
This is a result of two main issues: (1), the line between fan and fanatic is often difficult to define, thus large fandoms are often written off as obsessive, dangerous and unable to think for themselves. (2), Female fandoms suffer this cruel and uninformed misrepresentation the most. While society has accepted the buying power of female consumers, it repeatedly tries to write off this power by declaring it a product of superficial desires.
This paper is not meant to prove or disprove if Twilight is a “good†book; rather, it aims to show how female fans of all sorts are mislabeled.
Now, Novel Novice Twilight would like to share the paper with the Twilight community at large. You can view it here
Very interesting paper. Let us know what you think of this article…
