The Construction of Race in Les Misérables Fanworks

"Through examining Tumblr fanart from the Les Misâerables fandom, whose key principles are liberty, justice, and social equality, this book provides a base for future researchers and fans to have frank conversations about the subtle and thus more pernicious forms of racism that exist within fan spaces. Nemo Martin discusses the mechanics of how fandoms leverage concepts of diversity to downplay and silence criticisms and argues that fan artists see race as skin-deep and non-specific, rarely as active cultural or ethnic identities"--