Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom

A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-17828-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Transmedia

Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks why this should be. Through examining four core components, the Doctor, the TARDIS, the companion and the Daleks, this book traces the trajectory of queerness from wider culture to paratextual media and finally into the parent text, resulting in an inclusive brand. In doing so, it argues that fandom provides a space to mediate between personal identities and the wider world. Drawing from interviews with fans, the book demonstrates the complexities and contradictions of queerness, and proposes an alternative theory of gay cultural formation. This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans. • First book-length queer theory analysis of Doctor Who • Contributes to fan studies debates on non-productivist fandom • Draws upon case studies of real-life fans, as well as quantitative data.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stack, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1 - Fan Identities: Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following, Chapter 2 - The Doctor: The Hero's Queer Masculinity, Performance and Contradictory Morality, Chapter 3 - The TARDIS: The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space, Chapter 4 - The Companion: Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play, Chapter 5 - The Monster: The Queer Reception of the Daleks, Conclusion: Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change?, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Stack is currently an independent scholar. He previously authored The Black Archive #68: The Happiness Patrol (Obverse Books, 2023), as well as pieces on Arthur C. Clarke, The Tomorrow People, and the science of sex within Doctor Who.