Crossing Fandoms

Zusatztext

This book examines the fan-created combination of <i>Doctor Who, Sherlock</i>, and <i>Supernatural</i> as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom. <div> </div><div>What do you get when you cross the cult shows <i>Doctor Who</i>, <i>Supernatural</i>, and <i>Sherlock</i>? In this book, Paul Booth explores the fan-created crossover universe known as <i>SuperWhoLock</i>¿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 <i>SuperWhoLock </i>represents more than just those three shows¿it is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts, <i>Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience</i> also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changingfan activities and texts. </div>

Autorenportrait

Paul Booth is Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University, USA. He is the author of<i> Game Play </i>(2015), <i>Playing Fans</i> (2015),<i> Time on TV </i>(2012) and <i>Digital Fandom</i> (2010), and the editor of<i> Seeing Fans </i>(with Lucy Bennett, 2016), <i>Controversies in Digital Ethics</i> (with Amber Davisson, 2016), and <i>Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who</i> (2013).

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