‘It’s a Good Job Nobody Mentioned Hedgehogs’: The Use of Narratives in Discworld Fandom

Jacob Löfgren

doi:10.1080/0015587X.2016.1225378

‘It’s a Good Job Nobody Mentioned Hedgehogs’: The Use of Narratives in Discworld Fandom

Jacob Löfgren

Culture, History and Philosophy

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Abstract

This article examines the use of staged narratives in the Hogswatch celebration—acelebration of Terry Pratchett’s fictional Discworld held in November in Wincanton,Somerset. Different narratives are used in fandom as part of the process of qualiaresituation, in which the what-it-is-like of the Discworld series is conveyed in the fandomcelebration.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	75–92
Journal	Folklore
Volume	128
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2016.1225378
Publication status	Published - 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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