filksinging
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
filksinging (uncountable)
- (fandom slang) The act of singing filk songs ("songs about or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, etc.").
- 1992, Henry Jenkins, “"Strangers No More, We Sing": Filk Music, Folk Culture, and the Fan Community”, in Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 255–256:
- A closer examination of one specific evening of filksinging (the Friday night session of Philcon 1989) will allow a more concrete discussion of how a conception of cultural inclusion and social integration has been structured into the filking process.
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References[edit]
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “filksinging, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.