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Abstract
Winter is coming. Every Sunday night, millions of fans gather around their televisions to take in the spectacle that is a new episode of Game of Thrones. Much is made of who will be gruesomely murdered each week on the hit show, though sometimes the question really is who won’t die a fiery death. The show, based on the Song of Fire and Ice series written by George R. R. Martin, is a truly global phenomenon. With the seventh season of the HBO series in production, Game of Thrones has been nominated for multiple awards, its cast has been catapulted to celebrity, and references to it proliferate throughout popular culture. Often positioned as the grittier antithesis to J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Martin’s narrative focuses on the darker side of chivalry and heroism, stripping away these higher ideals to reveal the greed, amorality, and lust for power underpinning them. Fan Phenomena: Game of Thrones is an exciting new addition to the Intellect series, bringing together academics and fans of Martin’s universe to consider not just the content of the books and HBO series, but fan responses to both. From trivia nights dedicated to minutiae to forums speculating on plot twists to academics trying to make sense of the bizarre climate of Westeros, everyone is talking about Game of Thrones. Edited by Kavita Mudan Finn, the book focuses on the communities created by the books and television series and how these communities envision themselves as consumers, critics, and even creators of fanworks in a wide variety of media, including fiction, art, fancasting, and cosplay.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Cover | Cover | ||
Title | 1 | ||
Copyright | 2 | ||
Contents | 3 | ||
Introduction: Kavita Mudan Finn | 5 | ||
Part 1 – Material Westeros | 17 | ||
Cosplay of Thrones: Recreating The Costumes of Westeros | 18 | ||
A Song of Toys and T-Shirts:Game of Thrones and Its Cultural Artefact | 30 | ||
‘Growing Strong’: Expanding The Game of Thrones Universe Through Fan-Made Merchandizing | 40 | ||
Part 2 – Virtual Westeros | 51 | ||
The Watchers On The Wall: Game of Thrones and Online Fan Speculation | 58 | ||
Fan Appreciation : Kavita Mudan Finn: Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson | 52 | ||
Restoring The Balance: Feminist Meta-Texts and The Productivity of Tumblr's Game of Thrones Fan | 70 | ||
Amanda Digioia : Game of Thrones On Kinja | 82 | ||
A Stark By Any Other Name: A Comparative Analysis of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones Folksonomies | 88 | ||
A Fan's Got To have A Code: Evolving Perspectives On The Hound's Violence and Sexuality | 100 | ||
Tracey J. Pennington: Game of Thrones Meta On Tumblr | 114 | ||
Part 3 – Critical Westeros | 121 | ||
Colouring Outside The Lines: Social Justice and Fandom | 122 | ||
Unbowed, Unbent, Unaccepted: Disputing Women's Roles in Game of Thrones | 128 | ||
Learn To Fight With Your Other Hand: Game of Thrones As Complicated Champion of Disability | 140 | ||
Game of Thrones in India: of Piracy, Queer Intimacies and Viral Memes | 152 | ||
Part 4 – Westeros in This World | 163 | ||
By The Old Gods and The New: Daily Interactions With Game of Thrones | 164 | ||
Kristie Betts Letter: Geeks Who Drink | 174 | ||
Geeks of Thrones: Scientists As Fan-Scholars | 178 | ||
Jeffrey Chown: Scholars of The Throne | 192 | ||
Contributor Details | 198 | ||
Image Credits | 202 | ||
Back Cover | Back Cover |