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in an intimate relationship (Wekerle & Wolfe, 1999). Research
suggests that some exogenous variables, such as parental conflict
have an effect on childrens’ relationship violence later in life
(Tschann et al. 2009). There have been many proposed suggestions,
such as social learning theory (Bandura 1973), that explain
the relationship between parental conflict and dating violence
perpetration. Furthermore, research has shown that exposure
to parental conflict is related to anger expressiveness (Clark &
Phares, 2004), and that anger control is related to dating violence
(Wolf & Foshee, 2003). It is possible that children exposed to parental
conflict may not be learning the skills necessary to control
their anger. Furthermore, Wolf & Foshee (2003) found that the
link between familial violence and dating violence perpetration is
weak for women, but strong for men. This study examines whether
anger control can explain the relationship between parental
conflict and relationship violence and whether the effect varies
by gender. Three hundred sixty five college students completed a
45 minute online survey, which included the Family Experiences
Scale (FES), (Moos & Moos 1974), the Conflict in Adolescent
Dating Relationship Inventory (CADRI), (Wolf & Colleagues, 2001),
and the Self-Efficacy-Teen Conflict Survey (Bosworth & Espelage,
1995). The results of the mediation analysis indicated that the
relationship between parental conflict and relationship violence
perpetration is partially mediated by anger control for men, but
not for women. Possible reasons for the gender difference include
male rates of violence compared to women’s rates, or differences
in the expression of anger. The implications from this study for
interventions, particularly, with respect to teaching young men
anger control to prevent dating violence perpetration will be
discussed.
Session D-12
Oral Presentation: Literature II
Saturday, March 5, 2010, 10:15 am
Location: Council Chambers
#426 10:15
Love to Hate It: The Anti-Fandom of Twilight
Jacqueline Pinkowitz, TFM Critical Studies; English (U)
Louisa Stein, Television, Film and New Media
This project examines the anti-fans of the young adult vampire
book and movie series Twilight. This paper argues that the
dedicated fans of a cultural text are not all that different from the
anti-fans on the opposite end of the spectrum; both participate
in their respective fandom in similar ways, both factions exhibit
intense emotional responses the source of their (anti-) fandom,
and both experience a pleasure of identity and community in
their status as fan or anti-fan. My primary research for this paper
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came from Twilight fan and anti-fan websites including TwiligtersAnonymous.com,
BellaandEdward.com, TheAntiTwilightMovement.com,
and TwilightSucks.com. In looking at these sites of fan
and anti-fan sentiment, I examined the format, content, style, and
apparent motivation, as well as forums in which users discussed
both Twilight and unrelated issues. Scholar Jonathan Gray has
written several articles outlining the “anti-fan,” including “Antifandom
and the Moral Text” and New Audiences, New Textualities,
which explore the personal rewards that such anti-fan (or
fan) identities can provide. Scholar Vivi Theodoropoulou also
examined anti-fandom in her essay “The Anti-Fan within the Fan”
and discussed the animosity that arises between one cultural
text’s fans and their anti-fans and the identity-formation involved
in such rivalries. The main core of Twilight anti-fans are opposed
to the emotional and erratic fans of Twilight as well as to a
similarly emotional and violent group of Twilight anti-fans. These
main anti-Twilighters profess to come from a position of rationality
and civility and place themselves in contrast to the hostile fans
and anti-fans whose angry diatribes and un-objective comments
they post to their sites as proof of their own superiority. The
main point for these anti-fans in citing the differences between
themselves and the emotional fans and anti-fans comes in the
formation of an identity, and the pleasures that come with that
identity, like a community where they form valuable relationships
that extend beyond the primary text. Thus, this project hopes to
show that fandom (and anti-fandom) is a complex phenomenon
which provides many sources of pleasure for its participants and
which should not be simply written off by scholars.
#427 10:30
Amending Masks and Secret Identities: The Journey of
Asian American Superheroes and Portrayals
Jonathan Valdez, Asian Studies (U)
Harrod Suarez, Asian Studies
As many iconic superheroes as Batman and Iron Man remain
popular in contemporary society, the gap between White American
superheroes and superheroes of color continues to widen.
Asian and Asian American superheroes have limited visibility
and have remained solely as secondary characters. The Asian
American superheroes who have emerged and have gained
popularity such as Jimmy Woo, the leader of the Agents of Atlas
and more recently, the teenage genius Amadeus Cho exemplify
Asian American characters created using racial preconceptions
and stereotypes. The first section of this paper discusses the
intersection of comic book roles and historical stereotypes Asian
American comic book characters. Asian characters have evolved
from villainous roles, to the job of the inscrutable sidekick, and
more recently the hero. These portrayals of the hero are associated
with the West’s idea of the Asian such as the dangerous
hordes of the Yellow Peril or the intelligent automatons of the
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