Dancing with the Doctor - Dimensions of Gender in the New Doctor Who Universe

Informationen zum Autor Lorna Jowett is Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton, UK. Klappentext Lorna Jowett delves into the distinctive stories and characters, including the Doctors themselves, their female and male companions, Captain Jack Harkness, Missy, Sarah Jane and her young comrades. She considers the showrunners, directors, producers and writers and the problems this flagship science fiction series has had in offering alternative gender models. Constructions of masculinity, the author function, and how gender intersects with the other facets of identity, race, ethnicity and age, are just some of the areas explored in this accessible and wide-ranging re-view of these hotly debated elements of the successful BBC franchise. Vorwort Widespread conversations and criticisms continue about the ways in which Doctor Who represents gender. Dancing with the Doctor, the first book on the Doctor Who universe to take gender as its focus, examines both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Zusammenfassung Widespread conversations and criticisms continue about the ways in which Doctor Who represents gender. Dancing with the Doctor, the first book on the Doctor Who universe to take gender as its focus, examines both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Main Man? Companions and Allies Identity Intersections Paratexts Production Reception Afterword Work Cited Notes TV and Filmography Index

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Lorna Jowett is Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Lorna Jowett, Lorna (University of Northampton Jowett, Jowett Lorna
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.04.2017
• EAN: 9781784533748
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-374-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 218 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Who Watching
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Space Opera, Television, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Rural communities, Science fiction: Space opera, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Feminism & feminist theory, TV & society