He offers the most plausible academic explanation yet for the popularity of homoerotic fan fiction.
Jenkins addresses a number of fannish phenomena, including fan fiction and fan-produced music videos. Taking a stand against the stereotypical portrayal of fans as obsessive nerds who are out of touch with reality, he demonstrates that fans are pro-active constructors of an alternative culture using elements "poached" and reworked from the popular media. Drawing on a rich theoretical background with sources ranging from feminist literary criticism to cultural anthropology, Jenkins applies and adapts Michel de Certeau's model of "poaching," in which an audience appropriates a text for itself. In Textual Poachers, Henry Jenkins examines the underground world of the media fandom, people who create fiction, artwork, and other forms of expression based on television shows. Reviewed by Anne Collins Smith (Susquehanna University) Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture.
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