Taylor Swift

This edited collection sees experts across a wide range of academic fields turn their attention to all things Taylor Swift.

Hannah McCann is a senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Hannah's academic work sits within the field of Critical Femininity Studies, with research on topics including queer femininities, beauty culture, and queer fandom. She is the author of Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation (Routledge) and co-author of Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures (available via Bloomsbury). Eloise Faichney is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Eloise's research interrogates historical, digital, and popular culture life narratives; creative writing across digital platforms; and critical digital pedagogies. She is currently working on a novel about the volatile friendship of 20th-century authors, Naomi Mitchison and Doris Lessing. Rebecca Trelease is a senior lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. Her research examines the reality television genre through the lens of taste and class. Rebecca is the 2024 designer of the Taylor Swift: Communications Professional accredited course at AUT. Emma Whatman is an early career researcher, lecturer, and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Emma's research explores contemporary feminism, young people's media cultures, and sex education. She works as a research fellow and sessional lecturer at Deakin University and the University of Melbourne.

Introduction: Why Taylor? On Taylor Swift as the Anti-Hero, We Need 1. Swifties: The Politics and Productivity of Fandom 1: Taylor-Made Learning: Fan Labour, Skill Development and Celebrity Interaction in the Taylor Swift Affinity Space 2: Building Less Toxic Fandoms: Lessons from Online Community Architecture and Management 3: "Taylor Was Here": Swifties in Sports Fandom and Diverse Fans Reclaiming Space in the Stands - Kasey Symons 4: Filipino Swifties and Pop Culture Activism in the New Marcos Era 2. Reading Swift: Gender, Femininity, Feminism 5: The Power of the Intimate: Autoethnographic Reflections on Intimate Connections with Taylor Swift 6: "Miss Americana" and South Korea's "Little Sister": The Gendered Familial/National Celebrities of Taylor Swift and IU - Jiyoung Lee 7: Taylor Swift's Tortured (Internet) Poetry: Millennial Life Writing, Internet Culture, and Feminist Autotheory 8: Snakes and Stones Can Break Bones: Taylor Swift, Online Violence and the Law 9: Taylor Swift and the Limits of Neoliberal Postfeminist Friendship - Emma Whatman 3. Swift Dispossession: Questions of Whiteness and Colonialism 10: Taylor Swift's Influence on Southeast Asian Swifties' Socio-Political Activism 11: Cultural (Re)Colonisation in Asia Through the Lens of Taylor Swift 12: Taylor Swift, White Possession, and Colonial Discourse in Popular Music 4. Queering Swift: Queer Readings vs Lavender Capitalism 13: Monsters and Mad Women: A Queer Gothic Reading of Taylor Swift 14: Absent Analysis, Heteronormative Biopolitics, and "Lavender (Haze) Capitalism" in Swiftian Lore 15: Taylor (Sheesh)'s Version: Recreating and Co-Creating Taylor Swift Through Filipino Drag and Fandom Participation 5. Swift as "Event": Music, Cities, Communities 16: She Had This Big, Wide City All to Herself: Taylor Swift and Non-Economic Legacies in a Time of Music Sector Crisis in Melbourne 17: What Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Can Teach Us About Cyber Attacks? 18: Is Taylor Swift a NUMTOT? Lyrical Representations of Public Transport and the Car 19: The Taylor Swift Paradox: A New Form of Blockbuster Artist Redefining the Indie