Imperial and critical cosmopolitans: Screening the multicultural city on Sherlock and Elementary

Imperial and critical cosmopolitans: Screening the multicultural city on Sherlock and Elementary

This article argues that two modern reinterpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, that is the BBC’s Sherlock (2010–) and CBS’s Elementary (2012–), differ in their representations of the city in ways that bear significant political ramifications. In particular, Sherlock repeats many...

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Main Author: Anne Kustritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2018-01-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Subjects:
arthur conan doyle
sherlock holmes
bbc
cbs
elementary
sherlock
city
political ramification
london
imperial
vision
new york
cosmopolitan ethos
craig calhoun
ann stoler
paul gilroy
walter mignolo
imperial cosmopolitanism
segregation
social differentiation
ethnocentrism
critical cosmopolitanism
solidarity
political empathy
lauren berlant
social contact
social distance
women
street level
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