Abstract
While convergence culture allows for the remediation of childhood media of yesteryear, it also allows adult fans to reconnect with their own youth and transform contemporary identities by including visible links with their past. Nostalgia for childhood should be viewed as an integral part of keeping in touch with the self and as an anchor to a personal history which can be remade, recreated, and remolded at the touch of a button or the purchase of a new toy. Through an analysis of key media franchise products such as LEGO Dimensions and online videos where fans re-edit and mash together media texts, this chapter will consider the reconstruction of personal and public memories of childhood in the digital sphere and assess how adult fans play with nostalgia in the transformation and construction of a new media identity within the wider online community.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies |
Editors | Paul Booth |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Chapter | 10 |
Pages | 161-174 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119237211 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1119237167, 978-1119237235 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- Fandom
- Nostalgia
- Remediation
- LEGO
- Childhood