Affiliation and Participation: What Fannish Practices Can Tell Us About Building Community in the Writing Center

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Mayfield, H. (2016). Affiliation and Participation: What Fannish Practices Can Tell Us About Building Community in the Writing Center. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

This thesis examines the discursive activity of participatory fannish practices and the opportunities they afford the university writing center in responding to student writing. The project begins with an analysis of participatory fandom; specifically, their interactions guided by gifting, collaborating, and validating identity through praise and affirmation. The possibilities these activities pose for writing center praxis is then explored to determine how participatory fannish praxis might influence and shape a participatory conference model. This project brings into focus the role of affirmation and praise in the writing conference.

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Author

Mayfield, Hannah

Title

Affiliation and Participation: What Fannish Practices Can Tell Us About Building Community in the Writing Center

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1 online resource (99 pages) : PDF

Date

2016

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

This thesis examines the discursive activity of participatory fannish practices and the opportunities they afford the university writing center in responding to student writing. The project begins with an analysis of participatory fandom; specifically, their interactions guided by gifting, collaborating, and validating identity through praise and affirmation. The possibilities these activities pose for writing center praxis is then explored to determine how participatory fannish praxis might influence and shape a participatory conference model. This project brings into focus the role of affirmation and praise in the writing conference.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

Rhetoric

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

Community
Composition
Fandom
Praise
Writing Center
Writing Studies

Subject Area

English

Advisor(s)

Brannon, Lil

Committee Members

Basu, Balaka
Vorhies, Heather

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2016.

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