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Performing Jane - A Cultural History of Jane Austen Fandom (Hardcover)
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Performing Jane - A Cultural History of Jane Austen Fandom (Hardcover)
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Jane Austen has resonated with readers across generations like no
other writer. More than two hundred years after the publication of
her most celebrated novel, Pride and Prejudice, people around the
world continue to honor ""dear Jane."" In Performing Jane, Sarah
Glosson explores this vibrant fandom, examining a long history of
Austen fans engaging with her work, from wearing hand-A sewn
bonnets and period-A appropriate corsets to creating spirited
fanfiction and comical gifsets. Sophisticated and engaging, this
study demonstrates that Austen fans of today have a great deal in
common with those who loved the English novelist long before the
term ""fan"" came into use. Performing Jane analyzes three ways
fans engage with Austen and her work: collecting material related
to the writer, whether in physical scrapbooks or on socialA -media
platforms; creating and consuming imitative works, including
fanfiction and modernized adaptations such as The Lizzie Bennet
Diaries; and making pilgrimages to Steventon, Hampshire, Chawton
Cottage, and even to annual meetings of Jane Austen societies. Key
to Glosson's exploration of Austen fans is the notion that all of
these activities, whether occurring in private or in public, are
fundamentally performative. And in counterbalance to studies that
center on fans with a tendency to transform and disrupt the
original text, this study provides much-A needed understanding of a
fandom that predominantly reaffirms Austen's works. Because
Austen's writing has bridged the realms of both literary and
popular culture, this fandom serves as an excellent case study to
understand the ways in which we draw distinctions between fandom
and other forms of intensive engagement and, more importantly, to
appreciate how fluid those distinctions can be. Performing Jane
embraces a holistic view of the long history of Austen fandom,
relying on archival research, literary and visual analyses, and
ethnographic study. This groundbreaking book not only demonstrates
the ways in which fan practices, today and in the past, are
performative, but also provides fresh perspectives into fandom and
contributes to our understanding of the ways readers engage with
literature.
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