1st Edition
Exploring Doctor Who Fandom Through Screenwriting Practice-As-Research Otherness, Intersectionality and Fan Studies
By Kathryn Beaton
Copyright 2026
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Exploring Doctor Who Fandom Through Screenwriting Practice‑As‑Research: Otherness, Intersectionality and Fan Studies explores the diversity of fans and how they form and express their identity within fandom. Main themes in this book include otherness, fans with disabilities, fans within the LGBTQIA+ community, and how fandom can enrich the life of a fan.
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Introduction 1. Screenwriting Practice Methodology and Fan Studies 2. Fanwriting Practices: Meta, Fanfic, and Representation 3. Cosplay: Identity Formation and Performance 4. Conventions: Locating Fandom 5. Collecting: Fan Activity and Identity Formation 5. Otherness and Intersectionality. Conclusion
Biography
Kathryn Beaton has a doctorate in Philosophy, Media, and Communications from RMIT University and a Masters in Screenwriting from the Victorian College of the Arts.
