"subfandom" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1992, Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television, Fans, & Participatory Culture, pages 259–260:",
          "text": "Filker Mark Blackman (Personal Interview, 1989) predicts that as filking becomes more widespread, it may subdivide into more specialized subfandoms […]",
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