Kristin Thompson, Fans on the Margins, Pervy Hobbit Fanciers and Partygoers

(In The Frodo Franchise)

More good stuff from Thompson, this time moving on into the realm of fan sites and fan production. Although she keeps the films central to her analysis, her willingness to include everything from toys to slash fiction is commendable, and vital to any study of franchises. I hope to expand on her historical and rehabilitate the notion of "franchise" as a critical concept - a methodology for looking at certain kinds of texts, products and discourses.