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- Title
The J. R. Ward Forum: An Exercise in Hyperreality.
- Authors
Pele, Andreea
- Abstract
This paper explores the on-line forum of popular fiction writer J. R. Ward from the point of view of Jean Baudrillard's concept of hyperreality.It analyzes this hyperreal contact zone between author and fans as a space where borders and identities become blurred, and recreated, a space where we may be able to talk across our differences and find common points of interest through our fantasies, to paraphrase Henry Jenkins in Convergence Culture, a space where the powerful and the disenfranchised struggle over meaning and validation.
- Subjects
BAUDRILLARD, Jean, 1929-2007; WARD, J. R.; HYPERREALITY; PHOTOREALISM; POINT of view (Literature); CONVERGENCE Culture (Book); JENKINS, Henry; IDENTITY (Psychology) in literature; CULTURAL identity
- Publication
East-West Cultural Passage, 2011, Vol 11, p100
- ISSN
1583-6401
- Publication type
Article