Public Memory and the Television Series Outlander

Using rhetorical criticism as a research method, this book examines how public memory is created in the first four seasons of the popular television show Outlander. The author explores the connections between documented history and the series and discusses how the series encourages audiences to learn about history and reflect on current issues.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Outlander and Public Memory of 18^th Century Scotland
Chapter 3: Outlander, Public Memory, and the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745
Chapter 4: Outlander and Memory of Place
Chapter 5: Public Memory of Colonial America
Chapter 6: Conclusion
About the Author

About the author

Valerie Lynn Scrhader is associate professor of communication arts and sciences and coordinator of the Penn State Schuylkill Honors Program at the Schuylkill campus of the Pennsylania State University.

Summary

Using rhetorical criticism as a research method, this book examines how public memory is created in the first four seasons of the popular television show Outlander. The author explores the connections between documented history and the series and discusses how the series encourages audiences to learn about history and reflect on current issues.

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Lynn Schrader
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793602749
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-274-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Television: styles and genres, Television Soap Operas, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc