Fannish tattooing and sacred identity

Pleasure is an important motivation for fans to adopt texts. Fannish tattoos function to demonstrate affective investments in a text; they are also a performance of fandom and an example of sacred fan identity. Like engaging in cosplay or wearing clothing that features logos, fannish tattoos mark pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bethan Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2015-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/626/499