| Title | : | Dancing with the Doctor: Dimensions of Gender in the Doctor Who Universe (Who Watching) |
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| ISBN | : | 1784533742 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781784533748 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | Published June 30, 2017 |
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.
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.
Dancing with the Doctor: Dimensions of Gender in the Doctor Who Universe (Who Watching) Reviews
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Makes some interesting observations, but tends towards pointing at a lot of things and saying it's complicated without any real conclusions. Also a bit scuppered by history, coming out just before Chris Chibnall announced he was casting Jodie Whittaker and his general steps towards making Who more diverse, which now feels (probably unfairly) like a major omission from most of the chapters. It also has a few factual errors towards the end of the book that dent the confidence in the rest of what it does. There's still a definitive book about Who's intersections with gender and representation to be written, but this is a decent enough start.
