“IT’S NOT A FAIRY TALE ANYMORE”

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

by HENRY JENKINS III

Publication Date: March 1991

Source Type: Academic Journal

Document Type: Essay

Title of Publication: Journal of Film and Video

Issue: Vol. 43, No. 1/2, Audiences (Spring and Summer 1991)

Published by: University of Illinois Press on behalf of the University Film & Video Association

Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20687932

Abstract

An essay is presented on examination of variety of materials such as club newsletters, letterzines, scrapbooks, and fan fic-tion to trace the controversy surrounding the film “Beauty and the Beast.” It magnifies the understanding of the fans in terms of reception process by employing theoretical models drawn from the Cultural Studies literature.