Spaces for paws to prowl : fulfilling social needs through the furry fandom’s subcultural identity, practices, and the benefits that follow

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Tan, Ai-Ling
• مؤلفون آخرون: Ian Rowen
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2019
• الموضوعات: Social sciences::Sociology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78833

As a participatory culture and subculture, the furry fandom is a site where psychological and social needs can be fulfilled, in particular the need to feel belongingness to a group and escape from routine life. However, as with other male-dominant subcultures, hegemonic masculinity and marginalizati...