Meaning of acafandom | Babel Free

Definitions

The community or sphere of acafans.

countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

“Rather than scholars being free to choose⟳ to act as differential interpretive communities with divergent norms and discursive practices (Brooker 2011), meaning that the identities cannot be united without losing sight of these contexts (or, indeed, losing sight of the precise micro-context within which such a union may seem more possible, e.g. TV Studies or fan studies where acafandom has arguably been normalised for a generation of researchers).”

“The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change⟳ in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make⟳ up a near-majority faction).”

“I wish⟳ what Jenkins asserts was entirely true, but in reality, I have⟳ lost count⟳ of the number⟳ of Harry Potter studies colleagues who have⟳ been challenged, marginalized, or outright threatened because of their publication and scholarship in this area. "Serious" scholars do not engage⟳ in acafandom.”

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