About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Theorizing Anti-Fandom
5. 1. How Do I Dislike Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 25
6. 2. Hating 3.0 42
7. 3. Hatewatch with Me 62
8. 4. Dissatisfaction and Glee 81
9. 5. Anti- Fandom Meets Ante- Fandom 102
10. Part II: Anti- Fandom and Identities
11. 6. The Politics of Against 125
12. 7. Hating Skyler White 147
13. 8. Why All the Hate? 166
14. 9. Just Sexual Games and Twenty- Four- Hour Parties? 184
15. 10. “I Just Hate It Now” 205
16. Part III: Anti- Fandom in Real Life
17. 11. A Game of Moans 227
18. 12. Like Gnats to a Forklift Foot 249
19. 13. “If Even One Person Gets Hurt Because of Those Books, That’s Too Many” 271
20. 14. When Hated Characters Talk Back 291
21. 15. “Putting the Show out of Its Misery” 315
22. Acknowledgments 333
23. About the Contributors 335
24. Index 339