{"product_id":"fan-identities-in-the-furry-jessica-ruth-austin-9781501375439","title":"Fan Identities in the Furry Fandom","description":"Although definition can vary, to be a Furry, a person identifies with an animal as part of their personality; this can be on a mystical\/religious level or a psychological level. In modern Western society having a spirit animal or animal identity can sometimes be framed as social deviance rather than religious or totemic diversity. Jessica Ruth Austin investigates how Furries use the online space to create a 'Furry identity'. She argues that for highly identified Furries, posthumanism is an appropriate framework to use. For less identified Furries, who are more akin to fans, fan studies literature is used to conceptualise their identity construction. This book argues that the Furries are not a homogenous group and with varying levels of identification within the fandom, so shows that negative media representations of the Furry Fandom have wrongly pathologized the Furries as deviants as opposed to fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Ruth Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501375431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501375439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Jessica Ruth Austin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943982530815,"sku":"9781501375439","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f4f24e03-a69d-46b5-8db3-3a3a8c89a077.jpg?v=1681501118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fan-identities-in-the-furry-jessica-ruth-austin-9781501375439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}