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1	"Det som är norm i vardagen är inte norm här" : Svenska konvent som sekulära ritualer Lönn, Mathilda January 2017 (has links) The purpose of this thesis is to establish whether Swedish fan conventions organised around East-Asian popular culture such as anime and manga can be identified as a form of secular ritual. The methods used to determine this include participant observation, interviews and ethnographic data. Defining secular ritual as a performance event that establishes an alternative context that transforms the everyday without being connected to a religious or supernatural worldview or origin, we find that Swedish conventions of this kind may be called a form of ritual that engages people united by a common, broad field of interests and a notion of being outside of society’s norms in different ways, most notably in regards to sexuality and gender. This opens a discussion about Swedish fan conventions and how they may inform us about the use and function of rituals in a secularised society. conventions fan conventions rituals fan studies fandom norms fans popular culture secular ritual konvent ritual ritualer fanstudier fandom normer fans populärkultur sekulära ritualer Social Anthropology Socialantropologi Other Humanities Annan humaniora