Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: Newsies in Academe Vincent DiGirolamo Preface: The Evolution of an Interdisciplinary Project Emily Hamilton-Honey Introduction: Newsies as Joyful Resistance Emily Hamilton-Honey Part I. Rewriting, Rescripting, ­Re-Envisioning: Newsies Fandom and Transformative Interpretations "A real crip ain't got a chance": Erasure of Disability in Newsies Baden Gaeke-Franz "The most respected and famous newsie": The History and Evolution of Spot Conlon Christine Caccipuoti Multiple Stories for Multiple Generations: A Newsies Fandom Survey and Its Results Justine Debelius Creating New Worlds: Loving Newsbians and Thinking About the Limits of Queer Women's Representation Emily Hamilton-Honey The Afterlife of Newsies, Redux Sarah Marshall Part II. Production, Performance, and Reception: Newsies Behind the Scenes and Before the Audience "Once and for All": How Popular and Critical Reception Has Affected the Newsies Fandom Elizabeth Hommowun "Cripping Up" and the Exploitation/Exploration of Disability in Newsies Jeannie Thomas "Where'd you get them clothes?": How Costuming Builds the World of Newsies Elizabeth Rea Red Car Trolley Reinvention: Adapting Newsies for Disney Theme Parks Alaine Martaus Minute 117: After the Podcast Erin A. King and Jamie Anderson Part III. Historical and Literary Connections: Reevaluating Representation in Newsies Santa Fe Dreamin': Urban Environments, Newsboy Kinship, and the Myth of the American West Leah Van Dyk "If I am only for myself, what am I": David Jacobs and the Importance of Jews in Organized Labor, Unions, and Strikes Laura Meredith Gibson "Your friend, your best friend, your brother": Locating Newsies' Chosen Kinship in Labor History Moira P. Armstrong "Wake up to the new century. The game's changing": Katherine Plumber and the Use of Authorship to Create Systems Change in Newsies Rebecca K. Hammonds Performing Black Femininity: Medda Larkin and a Critique of Race and Representation in Newsies Em Panetta About the Contributors Index.