Crossing Fandoms: Superwholock and the Contemporary Fan Audience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137574541)

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.


Author: Paul Booth
ISBN-10: 1137574542
ISBN-13: 9781137574541
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2016
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d