Shipping on the edge: Negotiations of precariousness in a Chinese real-person shipping fandom community

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-06 DOI:10.1177/13678779231159148

Jack Lipei Tang

引用次数: 1

Abstract

The fandom community has been one of the most engaging and active segments in the global participatory culture. However, fans face multilevel and intertwined constraints from various social forces while seeking pleasure and fantasies. This study zooms in on a real-person shipping fan community in China where shippers are doubly marginalized as they fantasize about two male idols being in a romantic relationship in a society with both the derogative projection of fans and low levels of acceptance of same-sex relationships. Relying on a mixed-methods approach, this study found that the radical and disruptive practices are the results of tactical and calculative negotiations in relation to political, social, and technological risks while being driven by pleasure-seeking. I call these practices precarious shipping. The contextualized understanding of the fandom community emphasizes the importance of realizing the local tensions that are rarely addressed in previous literature that focuses on Western fandom.

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边缘航运：中国真人航运粉丝群体中的不稳定谈判

粉丝社区一直是全球参与文化中最具吸引力和最活跃的部分之一。然而，粉丝在寻求快乐和幻想的同时，也面临着来自各种社会力量的多层次、交织的约束。这项研究聚焦于中国一个真实的航运粉丝群体，在这个群体中，托运人被双重边缘化，因为他们幻想着两个男偶像在一个既有粉丝的贬损投射，又对同性关系接受度低的社会中处于浪漫关系中。基于混合方法，本研究发现，激进和破坏性的做法是在追求快乐的驱动下，与政治、社会和技术风险相关的战术和计算谈判的结果。我称这些做法为不稳定的航运。对粉丝群体的情境化理解强调了意识到当地紧张局势的重要性，而这些紧张局势在以前关注西方粉丝的文献中很少得到解决。

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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.