Nadine Farghaly has a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Salzburg. She lives in Siegsdorf, Germany.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction (Nadine Farghaly)

The Evolution of Sherlock Holmes: An Examination of a Timeless Figure Amid Changing Times (Greg Freeman)

There's a Name Everyone Says: Irene Adler and Jim Moriarty in Sherlock (Benedick Turner)

Return of "the woman": Irene Adler in Contemporary Adaptations (Rhonda Lynette Harris Taylor)

"Of dubious and questionable memory": The Collision of Gender and Canon in Creating Sherlock's Postfeminist Femme Fatale (Maria Alberto)

"Feeling Exposed?" Irene Adler and the ­Self-Reflective Disguise (Katharine McCain)

I Am Sherlocked: Adapting Victorian Gender and Sexuality in "A Scandal in Belgravia" (Lindsay Katzir)

The Woman and the Napoleon of Crime: Moriarty, Adler, Elementary (Joseph S. Walker)

Joan for John: An Elementary Choice (Elizabeth Welch)

Joan Watson: Mascot, Companion and Investigator (Lucy Baker)

Conflations of "Queerness" in 21st Century Adaptations (Ayaan Agane)

A Questionable Bromance: Queer Subtext, Fan Service and the Dangers of Queerbaiting in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and A Game of Shadows (Hannah Mueller)

Sherlocked: Homosociality and (A)Sexuality (Karma Waltonen)

The Veneration of Violation in Sherlock (Zea Miller)

"Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department": The BBC's Sherlock and Interpersonal Relationships (Kathryn E. Lane)

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