Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience

By: Paul Booth

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Synopsis: This book examines the fan-created combination of Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom. What do you get when you cross the cult shows Doctor Who, Supernatural, and Sherlock? In this book, Paul Booth explores the fan-created crossover universe known as SuperWhoLock--a universe where Sherlock Holmes and Dean Winchester work together to fight monsters like the Daleks and the Weeping Angels; a world where John Watson is friends with Amy Pond; a space where the unique brands of fandom interact. Booth argues that SuperWhoLock represents more than just those three shows--it is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changing fan activities and texts.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781137574558
Related ISBNs:: 9781137574541
Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Date of Addition:: 07/14/18
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.