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  Re: The Fanboy next Door: Whedon and his Appeal to self-professed Geeks

  Fanboy critics, too?

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  Emily Petermann University of Konstanz

  Wednesday, October 2, 2013 — 5:14 pm

  I'm curious about whether this fanboy auteur concept can also be related to the tendency in certain academic areas- particularly in popular culture studies- for critics to also "market" themselves as fans of the genre they study. I'm t ...