“Be Gay, Do Crime”: A Look at Queer Expression in the Lupin III Fanfiction Community

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dc.contributor.advisorAmanda Firestone
dc.contributor.authorBrady, Katie
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T15:15:00Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T15:15:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractMembers of marginalized groups such as the queer community often face difficulty when trying to find and create safe physical spaces for themselves. As a result, many take to virtual spaces, such as that of the fanfiction groups, as places to express their identities and connect with others. Many smaller fanfiction communities have yet to be studied for this. This includes the fanfiction community for the Japanese franchise Lupin III, which has numerous fanfiction pieces that include queer representation and expression and many queer-identifying members. Methods for this thesis include textual analysis of fanfiction and canon pieces of the Lupin III franchise and an autoethnographic study of myself as a queer member of the Lupin III fanfiction community. This study presents examples of fanfiction for the Lupin/Jigen pairing, how these examples showcase queer expression, how instances within the franchise support queer identities being placed upon these characters, and how my own experiences as a queer individual are reflected in my writing Lupin III fanfiction. This study concludes that there is importance in researching not only larger fanfiction communities for queer expression, but also smaller ones.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/3300
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMAPC, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectFanfictionen_US
dc.subjectQueeren_US
dc.subjectLupin IIIen_US
dc.subjectFan fiction
dc.subjectAnime
dc.subjectQueer theory
dc.subjectLupin the 3rd
dc.subjectLupin the Third
dc.subjectLGBT
dc.subjectLGBTQIA+
dc.subjectAutoenthography
dc.subjectQueer representation in media
dc.subjectBisexual
dc.subjectInternet culture
dc.subjectYaoi
dc.title“Be Gay, Do Crime”: A Look at Queer Expression in the Lupin III Fanfiction Communityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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