Dancing with the doctor : dimensions of gender in the Doctor Who universe / Lorna Jowett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jowett, Lorna, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

I.B. Tauris Film & Media Studies 2017

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ).

Sex role on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

"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. 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Main Man?

Companions and Allies

Multidimensional Identity

Paratexts: The Unfolding Franchise

Production: Unsung Heroes

Reception: Squeeing, Trolling, Transforming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Filmography: pages 205-206.

ISBN:

9781350986015

1350986011

9781786731463

1786731460

9781786721464

1786721465

OCLC:

1139315255