Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series

by KristinaBusse (Editor), Louisa Ellen Stein (Editor)

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2012
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The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 - ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime fandom. This collection explores the cultural intersections and fan traditions that converge in Sherlock and its fandoms. Essays focus on the industrial and cultural contexts of Sherlock's release, on the text of Sherlock as adaptation and transformative work, and on Sherlock's critical and popular reception. The volume's multiple perspectives examine Sherlock Holmes as an international transmedia figure with continued cultural impact, offering insight into not only the BBC series itself, but also into its literary source, and with it, the international resonance of the Victorian detective and his sidekick.

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The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 - ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime fandom. This collection explores the cultural intersections and fan traditions that converge in Sherlock and its fandoms. Essays focus on the industrial and cultural contexts of Sherlock's release, on the text of Sherlock as adaptation and transformative work, and on Sherlock's critical and popular reception. The volume's multiple perspectives examine Sherlock Holmes as an international transmedia figure with continued cultural impact, offering insight into not only the BBC series itself, but also into its literary source, and with it, the international resonance of the Victorian detective and his sidekick.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 241
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Published: 15 May 2012
ISBN 10: 0786468181
ISBN 13: 9780786468188

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essays examines the cultural intersections and fan traditions that have developed around the immensely successful BBC series Sherlock --Reference & Research Book News.

Author Bio

Louisa Ellen Stein, an assistant professor of film and media culture at Middlebury College in Vermont, has written previously on contemporary media culture, including film, television, the internet and videogames. She is a book review editor of the peer-reviewed journal of fan studies, Transformative Works and Cultures. Kristina Busse teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Alabama and has published a variety of essays on fan fiction and fan culture. She is the founding coeditor of Transformative Works and Cultures.