Citation

Gong Y. Commun. Cult. Crit. 2017; 10(1): 166-183.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, International Communication Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cccr.12140

PMID

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Abstract

This article explores Chinese female fans' appropriation of European football (soccer) in their slash imagination. Through observations of online fan discussions and in-depth interviews with 12 fans, I show that they use European football to articulate distinct fan identities and their particular positionalities. These fans contrast the realism of mediated sport with realism in other entertainment genres to distinguish themselves from other sport and slash fan practices. Furthermore, while these slash fans critique feminine gender norms in their claim to sexual agency, their taste for European football is racialized in problematic ways. The particular economic, social, and cultural subject positions of these fans act as structuring factors that influence their taste for slashing European football.

Language: en

Keywords

Judgment of Realism; Media Reflexivity; Mediated Sport; Queered Interpretation; Slash Football Fans; Taste