{"product_id":"dubcon-milena-popova-9780262045964","title":"Dubcon: Fanfiction, Power, and Sexual Consent","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the treatment of sexual consent in erotic fanfiction functions as a form of cultural activism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSexual consent is--at best--a contested topic in Western societies and cultures. The #MeToo movement has brought public attention to issues of sexual consent, revealing the endemic nature of sexual violence. Feminist academic approaches to sexual violence and consent are diverse and multidisciplinary--and yet consent itself is significantly undertheorized. In \u003ci\u003eDubcon\u003c\/i\u003e, Milena Popova points to a community that has been considering issues of sex, power, and consent for many years: writers and readers of fanfiction. Their nuanced engagement with sexual consent, Popova argues, can shed light on these issues in ways not available to either academia or journalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Popova explains that the term \"dubcon\" (short for \"dubious consent\") was coined by the fanfiction community to make visible the gray areas between rape and consent--for example, in situations where the distribution of power may limit an individual's ability to give meaningful consent to sex. Popova offers a close reading of three fanfiction stories in the Omegaverse genre, examines the \"arranged marriage\" trope, and discusses the fanfiction community's response when a sports star who was a leading character in RPF (real person fiction) was accused of rape. Proposing that fanfiction offers a powerful discursive resistance on issues of rape and consent that challenges dominant discourses about gender, romance, sexuality, and consent, Popova shows that fanfiction functions as a form of cultural activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milena Popova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262045966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262045964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Milena Popova","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302401634559,"sku":"9780262045964","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e00f288-daf2-4034-b1c9-fba5e87ebe6e.jpg?v=1695161354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dubcon-milena-popova-9780262045964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}