Overview

A time travel epic featuring history and romance, Outlander--unlike most adventure series--is aimed at women audiences. The kilted male characters, the female narrator, the fantastic period costumes are atypical of male-gendered television. Both the show and the novels on which it is based address issues most series shy away from, like breast feeding, abortion and birth control. Role reversals are common--the powerful Claire rescues her virginal husband Jamie from sexual abuse. When the villainous Black Jack Randall displays his genitals to the heroine Jenny, she laughs. This collection of new essays examines Outlander as an exploration of what it means to be a capable 18th century woman and what it means in the modern world. As Claire explores different models of strength in both periods, Jamie comes to understand the nuances of male honor, power and alternative sexuality through the contrasting figures of Black Jack and Lord John. As the heroes negotiate the complications of marriage and life, they make discoveries about gender that resonate with modern audiences.

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Author:   Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781476664248

ISBN 10:   1476664242
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   04 July 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Questions of Diversity Privilege and Pity: Jamie on Slavery, Racism and Disability (Valerie Estelle Frankel) Culloden and Wounded Knee: Genocide, Identity and Cultural Survival (Sandi Solis) Claire Kens Well: Appropriation and Itinerant Performance in Outlander Onscreen (Elizabeth Elaine Tavares) Part II: ­Eighteenth-Century Masculinity Gazing at Jamie Fraser (Araceli R. Lopez) Jamie’s “Others”: Complicating Masculinity and Heroism Through His Foils (Jennifer Phillips) Being Lord John: Homosexual Life in Georgian London (Valerie Estelle Frankel) Part III: Women’s Choice for Time Travelers Men, Women and Birth Control in the Early Outlander Books (Nicole M. duPlessis) The Beaton: Healing as Empowerment for Claire Beauchamp (Sarah Stegall) Part IV: Claire as Feminist, Postfeminist, ­Anti-Feminist Reviewing Linear Time: History Repeating All Over Again (Now, Against You) (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Leonardo G.A. Lando) The Way We Were: Nostalgia, Romance and ­Anti-Feminism (Victoria Kennedy) Outlander from Book to Screen: Power in Gender and Orientation (Yvonne D. Leach) Appendix A: Book Reading Order Appendix B: Television Episode Guide Appendix C: Television Cast About the Contributors Index

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Valerie Estelle Frankel teaches English at Mission College and San Jose City College. The author of more than 90 popular culture books and more than 100 stories and essays, she lives in Sunnyvale, California.

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