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Author:   Kavita Mudan Finn (Independent Scholar)
Publisher:   Intellect Books
Imprint:   Intellect Books
ISBN:  

9781783207855

ISBN 10:   178320785
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   01 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Kavita Mudan Finn   Cosplay of Thrones: Recreating the Costumes of Westeros Caitlin Postal   A Song of Toys and T-Shirts: Game of Thrones and it's Cultural Artefacts Andrew Howe   'Growing Strong': Expanding the Game of Thrones Universe through Fan-Made Merchendizing Julie Escurignan Kavita Mudan Finn Alio Garcia and Linda Antonsson Amanda GiGioia Game of Thrones on Kinja Tracey J. Pennington Game of Thrones on Meta Tumblr Kristie Betts Letter Geeks Who Drink Jeffrey Chown  Scholars of the Throne   The Watchers on the Wall: Game of Thrones and Online Fan Speculation Rose Butler   Restoring the Balance: Feminist Meta: Texts and the Productivity of Tumblr's Game of Thrones Fans Briony Linder   A Stark by Any Other Name: A Comparative Analysis of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones Folksonomies Kristin Linder   A Fan's Got to Have a Code: Evolving Perspectives on the Hound's Violence and Sexuality Beth Walker   Colouring Outside the Lines: Social Justice and Fandom H. Kapp-Klote   Unbowed, Unbent, Unaccepted: Disputing Women's Roles in Game of Thrones Janice Liedl   Learn to Fight with Your Other Hand: Game of Thrones as Complicated Champion of Disability Courtney Stanton   Game of Thrones in India: Of Piracy, Queer Intimacies and Viral Memes Rohit K. Dasgupta   By the Old Gods and the New: Daily Interactions with Game of Thrones Jennifer Crumley and Amy Stavola   Geeks of Thrones: Scientists as Fan Scholars Kristine Larsen

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'Through its focus on the cultural phenomenon that is Game of Thrones, Finn's collection is a timely exploration of the ways in which audiences not just consume but interact with cultural texts in the social media age.' -- Aimee Burns, Media Education Journal

Author Information

Kavita Mudan Finn is an independent scholar who previously taught medieval and early modern literature at Georgetown University, George Washington University, Simmons College, Southern New Hampshire University, and the University of Maryland, College Park. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2010 and published her first book, The Last Plantagenet Consorts: Gender, Genre, and Historiography 1440-1627, in 2012. Her work has also appeared in Shakespeare, Viator, Critical Survey, and Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, and she has edited several collections, most recently Fan Phenomena: Game of Thrones (2017, Intellect). She is currently working on her second book, which looks at representations of and fan responses to premodern women in television drama.

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