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Description for Crossing Fandoms
Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 324.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Number of Pages
135
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137574541
SKU
V9781137574541
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Paul Booth
Paul Booth is Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University, USA. He is the author of Game Play (2015), Playing Fans (2015), Time on TV (2012) and Digital Fandom (2010), and the editor of Seeing Fans (with Lucy Bennett, 2016), Controversies in Digital Ethics (with Amber Davisson, 2016), and Fan Phenomena: Doctor ... Read more
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