Emo - Judith May Fathallah

Emo

How Fans Defined a Subculture
Buch | Softcover
214 Seiten
2020
University of Iowa Press (Verlag)
978-1-60938-724-2 (ISBN)
32,35 inkl. MwSt
A popular music phenomenon in the early 2000s, emo is short for ‘emotional hardcore’, and refers to both a music genre and a youth scene notable for its androgynous style. Judith May Fathallah pushes beyond the stereotypes and social stigma to explore how online fandom has shaped the definition of emo.
For many, the word 'emo' calls to mind angsty teenagers, shaggy black haircuts, and skinny jeans. A popular music phenomenon in the early 2000s, emo is short for 'emotional hardcore,' and refers to both a music genre and a youth scene notable for its androgynous style. Judith May Fathallah pushes beyond the stereotypes and social stigma to explore how online fandom has shaped the definition of emo, with significant implications both for millennial constructs of gender and for contemporary fan studies.First laying out the debate over what emo is, Fathallah walks superfans and newcomers through the culture surrounding thegenre's major bands, including the emo holy trinity: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! At the Disco. Next she examines fans' main mode of participation in the emo subculture - online communities such as LiveJournal, Tumblr, MySpace, and band websites. Taking a hard look at the gender politics that dominated those spaces, she unearths a subculture that simultaneously defines itself by its sensitivity and resistance to traditional forms of masculinity, yet ruthlessly enforces homophobic and sexist standards. Fathallah demonstrates fandom's key role in defining emo as a concept and genre after 2001, with probing insight into its implications for gender constructions through popular music.

Judith May Fathallah is researcher and lecturer in media and cultural studies at Solent University. She is author of Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts. Fathllah lives in Southampton, England.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Fandom & Culture
Zusatzinfo 11 black & white figures
Verlagsort Iowa
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 310 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Allgemeines / Lexika
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Pop / Rock
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-60938-724-4 / 1609387244
ISBN-13 978-1-60938-724-2 / 9781609387242
Zustand Neuware
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