Fantasy fandom

Fantasy fandom is a fandom and commonality of fans of the fantasy genre.^[1]^[2] It revolves around popular media franchises belonging to the fantasy genre^[3] and can include collective fan works of these fantasy franchises and events that celebrate franchises of the genre^[4] as well as characters belonging to that genre.^[5]

Examples of fan clubs devoted to stories and franchises of fantasy and include Disneyana fanclub,^[6] and The Tolkien Society in appreciation of works by J. R. R. Tolkien.^[7] Fandom communities also exist on the Internet.^[8]

^ "How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?". Kaitlyn Fajilan. Highbrow Magazine. 23 January 2014.
^ Wilkins, Kim (2019-02-01). "'A crowd at your back': fantasy fandom and small press". Media International Australia. 170 (1): 115–125. doi:10.1177/1329878X17743524. ISSN 1329-878X.
^ Michael A. Cramer (2010). Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-6995-0.
^ "Fandom and Creativity".
^ Lisa A. Lewis (11 September 2002). The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-89918-0.
^ "Disneyana Fan Club - preserving and sharing the rich legacy of Walt Disney".
^ Michael D. C. Drout (2007). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
^ Kristina Busse (16 June 2006). Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5496-9.

[1] "How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?". Kaitlyn Fajilan. Highbrow Magazine. 23 January 2014.

[2] Wilkins, Kim (2019-02-01). "'A crowd at your back': fantasy fandom and small press". Media International Australia. 170 (1): 115–125. doi:10.1177/1329878X17743524. ISSN 1329-878X.

[Cramer2010-3] Michael A. Cramer (2010). Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-6995-0.

[4] "Fandom and Creativity".

[Lewis2002-5] Lisa A. Lewis (11 September 2002). The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-89918-0.

[6] "Disneyana Fan Club - preserving and sharing the rich legacy of Walt Disney".

[Drout2007-7] Michael D. C. Drout (2007). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.

[Busse2006-8] Kristina Busse (16 June 2006). Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5496-9.

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