Not My Lifeblood

Abstract

This chapter contributes to debates concerning the uses of autoethnography as a methodology for exploring fan identities, as well as analyses of life fandom and antifandom by reflecting on fluctuations relating to the author's ongoing attachment to Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers. Adopting a self-reflexive and long-term perspective toward Manics fandom, the chapter develops three core arguments: first, it demonstrates the advantages of using autoethnography as way to explore life-fandoms. Second, it argues that an autoethnographic approach can help account for the affective fluctuations that constitute a normative aspect of long-term fandom. Third, the chapter posits a new example of antifandom––named here as intra-object antifandom––and considers the various contexts that allow this to endure over an extended time period.

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