Crossing Fandoms

SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience

• Author(s): Paul Booth,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 135
• ISBN_10: 1137574550
  ISBN_13: 9781137574558
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Children's Studies , Social Science / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Psychology / Social Psychology , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... 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.