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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
7. The Uses of Genre: Generic Discourses Among Producing Fans
Author : Nicolas Labarre
Published in: Understanding Genres in Comics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter examines the role of genres in online amateur comics. After a brief historical overview, it uses a survey of four major platforms on which amateur comics producers can post their work (DeviantArt, Tumblr, Reddit, ImgUR) to chart the form and nature of the generic discourses to be found on these sites; while genres are present in all four cases, they play a limited role, which can be partly explained by the absence of a fixed context of consumption for digital content. The chapter also examines the distinction between hashtags and genres, even in cases in which the hashtags include traditional generic labels.