The term fanfiction (sometimes abbreviated as fanfic) refers to stories produced by fans
based on plot lines and characters from either a single source text or else a “canon” of …

The politics of children's literature and the actors surrounding it have never been more
visible than they are now, in the digital age. As one of the first children's series to gain …

Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian
alter ego. The often garish garb expresses a hero's otherness and empowers its wearers to …

Books in this provocative series seek to articulate the connections between culture and
dress which is defined here in its broadest possible sense as any modification or …

It can be found in classics of experimental literature such as Laurence Sterne's Tristram
Shandy or the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, but also in the horror and fantasy fiction of …

Providing an up-to-date and accessible overview of the essentials of narrative theory,
Narrative: The Basics guides the reader through the major approaches to the study of …

'Real person fiction'(RPF) is a subset of fanfiction that has gone largely unnoticed by
academics. A handful of articles have argued for the justification of stories about real (living) …

Clause 13 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children
have the right 'to seek, receive or impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of …

Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave contemporary TV viewers an exhilarating alternative to the
tired cultural trope of a hapless, attractive blonde woman victimized by a murderous male …

The future of fair use depends on whether judges act like bad reviewers, or whether they
behave differently in interpreting challenged works than they do in almost every other aspect …