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This chapter on Sherlock fandom focuses on the fan convention Sherlocked as a manifestation of economic hierarchies in fan cultures. The Holmesian oeuvre of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sits in an uneasy position between popular and high culture, and this chapter probes this tension through the lens of SuperWhoLock as an example of fan hierarchies. This chapter ties the cultural hierarchies in SuperWhoLock fandom to the economic and class hierarchies of the convention.
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Booth, P. (2016). Sherlock Fandom: The Fandom Is Afoot. In: Crossing Fandoms. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57455-8_4
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