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#fantastic19 Ben Litherland offering a welcome not-positive critical perspective on fandom as he looks at British wrestling and the ethical complicity of the audience in the violence of this participatory culture.Permalink On Internet Archive
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#fantastic19 Litherland is using 'kayfabe' as a term to refer to the representational mode of professional wrestling where the in-universe diegesis extends to non-diegetic reality and the 'everyday life' of the audience / performers.Permalink On Internet Archive
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#fantastic19 "Fun" fact: the President of the United States is the first wrestler president of the USA and has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.Permalink On Internet Archive
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#fantastic19 Forthcoming research from Wood, Litherland, and Reed on "ethical cultural consumption" focusing on the consumption of Disney media and in particular how little girls cosplay as Rey from Star Wars and represent her in their fan activities.On Internet Archive