Open Accessfan-judges: Clues to a jurisculture of Sherlockian fandom
Author(s) -
Ross Davies
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2017.0944
Subject(s) - fandom , the imaginary , context (archaeology) , sociology , media studies , art , aesthetics , psychology , psychoanalysis , history , archaeology
American judges sometimes encourage other participants in the legal system to behave like Sherlock Holmes. They are relying on a shared culture that both appreciates a literary figure and recognizes a human capacity to emulate an imaginary creature (here, Sherlock) outside the context in which it was created. Consciously or not, the judges are tapping into classic fandom, but do they think of it that way, and should they