Politics for the Love of Fandom: Fan-Based Citizenship in a Digital World

Abstract

emerged, justifying the accommodation of various art forms in academic research. Blending critical and creative thinking, ABR targets at harmonizing science and arts in the troubled times. ABR integrates academic research and creative art forms, specifically language arts, visual arts, and performative arts. A remarkable strength of Speaking of Race is that it embraces multiple forms of research and argumentation, including anecdotes and narratives, etc. On the one hand, this kind of research is marginalized, and criticized by some mainstream academic researchers for being non-academic and unscientific. On the other hand, it engages a wider readership, affords alternative ways to carry out academic research, and attempts to harmonize the scientific tradition and the tradition of writing in a critical and creative way. Top-tier academic journals have been publishing papers written in this style, for instance Text and Performance Quarterly, Qualitative Inquiry, Canadian Literature, Life Writing, etc.. Roberts-Miller’s book manifests the endeavor to enhance the polylithic academia. From a white scholar’s perspective, this book showcases how controversial, pervasive and tricky racism is in our daily lives, as well as how to adopt appropriate attitudes toward racism and how to confront racism in a practical and effective way. RobertMiller’s natural tendency to resort to stories in her argumentation also increases the readability of the book and conforms to the “conventions” in biblical narratives from the very beginning of Genesis. Overall, it is a high-quality book that merits recommendation.