Finding Direction. En etnologisk studie av One Direction-fans förhandlingar av identitet, genus och sexualitet.
(2019) ETNK02 20182Division of Ethnology
- Abstract
- The One Direction fandom has been a source for a lot of discussion in different media, where fans, also known as Directioners, have been viewed as crazy, fanatic and also said to send deaththreats. This (n)ethnographic study investigates how these media narratives shape fans in the formings of their identities, and also how it effects them when participating in the fandom.
This study also analyses codes for sexuality and gender in Larry-fanfiction - homoerotic novels starring two of the band members. What do the narratives in these two stories tell us about Larry-shippers perspective of e.g. sexuality and femininity?
This study is done through a qualitive research, based on interviews with three former fans, and also on two... (More) - The One Direction fandom has been a source for a lot of discussion in different media, where fans, also known as Directioners, have been viewed as crazy, fanatic and also said to send deaththreats. This (n)ethnographic study investigates how these media narratives shape fans in the formings of their identities, and also how it effects them when participating in the fandom.
This study also analyses codes for sexuality and gender in Larry-fanfiction - homoerotic novels starring two of the band members. What do the narratives in these two stories tell us about Larry-shippers perspective of e.g. sexuality and femininity?
This study is done through a qualitive research, based on interviews with three former fans, and also on two fanfiction’s with comment boards. As a support for my analysis I’ve used Beverley Skeggs’ respectability-theory and also Ernest Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s critical discourse theory.
The results shows that fans are strongly aware of the stereotype of the Directioner when they take part in the fandom, and it can also keep them from participating fully. The sterotype of a Directioner is also connected to the figure of a fangirl, which is shaped by constructed believes of women’s media consumption as less cultivated.
When it comes to the reading of Larry-fanfiction, this study shows that the stories and their readers are part in confronting and shaping norms of sexuality and masculinity, but that views of bad/good femininity is still discussed and enacted within the community. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Fankulturen till pojkbandet One Direction har diskuterats flitigt i olika media där fansen, också kallade directioners, har blivit utmålade som galna och fanatiska. Denna (n)etnografiska studie undersöker hur dessa mediala berättelser påverkar fans i deras identitetsskapande samt påverkar deras deltagande i fankulturen.
Uppsatsen analyserar också homoerotisk fanfiction skriven om bandet, som i denna uppsats benämns som Larry-fanfiction. Vilka idéer om genus och sexualitet blir synliga i dessa berättelser?
Resultatet visar att fansen har en stark medvetenhet om hur stereotypen av en directioner ser ut, vilket kan hindra dem från att delta fullt ut i fankulturen. Denna stereotyp hänger ihop med bilden av unga tjejfans mediakonsumtion... (More) - Fankulturen till pojkbandet One Direction har diskuterats flitigt i olika media där fansen, också kallade directioners, har blivit utmålade som galna och fanatiska. Denna (n)etnografiska studie undersöker hur dessa mediala berättelser påverkar fans i deras identitetsskapande samt påverkar deras deltagande i fankulturen.
Uppsatsen analyserar också homoerotisk fanfiction skriven om bandet, som i denna uppsats benämns som Larry-fanfiction. Vilka idéer om genus och sexualitet blir synliga i dessa berättelser?
Resultatet visar att fansen har en stark medvetenhet om hur stereotypen av en directioner ser ut, vilket kan hindra dem från att delta fullt ut i fankulturen. Denna stereotyp hänger ihop med bilden av unga tjejfans mediakonsumtion som mindre kultiverad.
I läsningen av fanfiction visar denna studie att Larry-fanfiction konfronterar och omförhandlar normer kring sexualitet och maskulinitet, men att idéer om bra/dålig femininitet fortfarande diskuteras och reproduceras inom berättelserna. (Less)
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- author
- Pettersson, Linn LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ETNK02 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Fandom studies, fan fiction, slash fiction, One Direction, fangirl, girlhood studies, gender, sexuality, identity, pop music
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8968449
- date added to LUP
- 2019-02-06 11:26:42
- date last changed
- 2021-03-25 09:01:43
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This study also analyses codes for sexuality and gender in Larry-fanfiction - homoerotic novels starring two of the band members. What do the narratives in these two stories tell us about Larry-shippers perspective of e.g. sexuality and femininity?
This study is done through a qualitive research, based on interviews with three former fans, and also on two fanfiction’s with comment boards. As a support for my analysis I’ve used Beverley Skeggs’ respectability-theory and also Ernest Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s critical discourse theory.
The results shows that fans are strongly aware of the stereotype of the Directioner when they take part in the fandom, and it can also keep them from participating fully. The sterotype of a Directioner is also connected to the figure of a fangirl, which is shaped by constructed believes of women’s media consumption as less cultivated.
When it comes to the reading of Larry-fanfiction, this study shows that the stories and their readers are part in confronting and shaping norms of sexuality and masculinity, but that views of bad/good femininity is still discussed and enacted within the community.}},
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