‘When it comes to the true crime community, Taylor is a legend’: Social and symbolic capital among murderabilia fans

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI:10.1177/13678779231191810

Judith Fathallah

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Abstract

This article explores and clarifies the usage of social and symbolic capital as applied to fan studies. It illustrates the author's definitions with a case study from the neglected arena of dark fandom. I argue that ‘social capital’ should be used to refer to the network of friends and associates agents possess within a subculture, whether dyadic, triadic or multidirectional, but that to qualify as social capital, there must be mutual recognition of the tie. I illustrate this argument through a case study of the online presence and persona of Taylor James, the owner and proprietor of leading murderabilia auction site CultCollectibles.org. ‘Murderabilia’ refers to items formerly possessed by or associated with celebrity criminals, particularly serial killers. I further establish that contra Thornton, we do not observe mainstream condemnation generating subcultural capital within this sphere, but rather, mainstream media attention can be negotiated by appeals to traditional forms of expertise.

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“说到真正的犯罪群体，泰勒是一个传奇”：默多克粉丝中的社会和象征资本

本文探讨并阐明了社会资本和象征资本在粉丝研究中的应用。它通过一个被忽视的黑暗粉丝领域的案例研究来说明作者的定义。我认为，“社会资本”应该用来指代代理人在亚文化中拥有的朋友和同事网络，无论是二元的、三元的还是多向的，但要符合社会资本的资格，必须相互承认这种联系。我通过对泰勒·詹姆斯（Taylor James）的在线形象和个人形象的案例研究来说明这一论点。泰勒·詹姆斯是murderabilia拍卖网站CultCollectbles.org的所有者和所有者。“Murderabiia”指的是名人罪犯，尤其是连环杀手以前拥有或与之有关联的物品。我进一步证实，与桑顿相反，我们并没有观察到主流谴责在这个领域内产生亚文化资本，相反，主流媒体的关注可以通过诉诸传统形式的专业知识来协商。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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4.20

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9.50%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Cultural Studies is committed to rethinking cultural practices, processes, texts and infrastructures beyond traditional national frameworks and regional biases. The journal publishes theoretical, empirical and historical analyses that interrogate what culture means, and what culture does, across global and local scales of power and action, diverse technologies and forms of mediation, and multiple dimensions of performance, experience and identity. Dedicated to theoretical and methodological innovation in cultural research, the journal is multidisciplinary in outlook, publishing relevant contributions that integrate approaches from the social sciences, humanities, information sciences and more. International Journal of Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal gives preference to papers that extend existing theory or generate new theory through interpretive engagement with empirical cases. Papers based on single country case-studies should clearly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses for an international readership. The journal does not publish close readings of single texts; but it does consider critical, contextualised readings that similarly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses to the field. International Journal of Cultural Studies regularly publishes special issues on urgent questions in the field as well as on specific regions, industries and practices.