Fannish tattooing and sacred identity

Jones, Bethan 2015. Fannish tattooing and sacred identity. Transformative Works and Cultures 18 10.3983/twc.2015.0626

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Abstract

Pleasure is an important motivation for fans to adopt texts. Fannish tattoos function to demonstrate affective investments in a text; they are also a performance of fandom and an example of sacred fan identity. Like engaging in cosplay or wearing clothing that features logos, fannish tattoos mark people as fans of a text. Furthermore, the more obscure the logo or fannish reference, the more performative the tattoo. Fannish tattoos help to construct a sacred fan identity. The sacred experience (as theorized by Émile Durkheim and his concept of the totem) is imbued with meaning through choices that set it aside from the mundane. Within the context of fannish tattoos, fan affect gains similar significance.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Organization for Transformative Works
ISSN:	1941-2258
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2025 13:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177553

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