Rape in Period Drama Television - Consent, Myth, and Fantasy

Rape in Period Drama Television considers the representation of rape and rape myths as well as the audience response to it in a range of the most influential television period dramas of recent years.

List of contents

Chapter One: Rape Fantasy and the "Lawless" Eighteenth Century: Poldark and Banished
Chapter Two: Rape Responses, Romance, and Rape-Revenge
Chapter Three: "Dismissed, ignored, and woefully underreported": Male Rape in Bridgerton and Outlander
Chapter Four: Rape as a Weapon of War: Das Boot and A Place to Call Home
Chapter Five: Procurement and Period Drama: Rape for Money in Harlots
Chapter Six: "If you can't rape your wife, who can you rape?": Marital Rape in The Forsyte Saga and Poldark
Chapter Seven: Rape and the Older Woman

About the author

Katherine Byrne is lecturer of English at Ulster University.
Julie Anne Taddeo is research professor of history at University of Maryland.

Summary

Rape in Period Drama Television considers the representation of rape and rape myths as well as the audience response to it in a range of the most influential television period dramas of recent years.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Byrne, Katherine Taddeo Byrne, Byrne Katherine, Julie Taddeo, Julie Anne Taddeo
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781793625854
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-585-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama, Sexual abuse & harassment, Television drama, Television Soap Operas