Slash (literature)

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Slash is a sub genre of fan fiction . The stories deal with the homosexual attraction between characters from the original work referred to in the fan fiction.

origin

The first slash stories came on in the Trekkie -Fankultur of Star Trek ( K / S for Kirk / Spock - the slash in English slash , hence the name).

distribution

Slash now extends to a wide variety of films , books, and television series . Slash is significantly more dominant in some fandoms than in others. The reason is, among other things, the subtext that serves as inspiration for the fans. Examples of fandoms in which Slash plays an important role are Star Trek: The Original Series with the most popular pairing K / S (Kirk / Spock), Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager , Xena - The Warrior Princess or Harry Potter . Slash is also very important for fan fiction about Japanese anime or manga (then classified in the genres Yaoi or Yuri ).

Variations

The definition of slash can vary from fandom to fandom. In its strictest interpretation, "slash" refers to stories about homosexual relationships mostly between men who did not have such a relationship in the original text / film / series. As a common label, "Slash" can also simply display the homosexual or homoerotic content of a story.

The terms femslash or femmeslash are also used for stories about homosexual relationships between female characters . The terms “general fiction” - “general” fiction ( genfic ) and “heterosexual fiction” - “heterosexual” fiction ( hetfic ) are used to distinguish it from Slash .

Authors

Slash is by no means only written by people who are themselves gay or bisexual. The majority of slash writers and readers are female and heterosexual.

Classifications

The age rating of slash stories, usually given according to the US system for feature films, can range from "G" to "NC-17"; the content can be limited to longing thoughts and looks or it can be pornographic.

In some fandoms the term "Alt", from "Alternative", is also used.

literature

• Henry Jenkins : Selections from The Terra Nostra Underground and Strange Bedfellows. Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking , in: Cheril Harris, Alison Alexander (Eds.): Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture, and Identity , Hampton Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1572731141

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Event announcement Batman blushes - Slash fanfiction by women ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Online at www.merz-akademie.de. Retrieved February 11, 2017. 
2. ↑ Homo fantasies in slash fiction: Homo fantasies in slash fiction - When Sherlock licks the rosette . Online at www.taz.de. Retrieved February 11, 2017.