{"product_id":"doctor-who-and-race-9781783200368","title":"Doctor Who and Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e is the longest running science fiction television series in the world and is regularly watched by millions of people across the globe. While its scores of fans adore the show with cult-like devotion, the fan-contributors to this book argue that there is an uncharted dimension to \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e. Bringing together diverse perspectives on race and its representation in \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e, this anthology offers new understandings of the cultural significance of race in the programme – how the show’s representations of racial diversity, colonialism, nationalism and racism affect our daily lives and change the way we relate to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is an engaging collection dealing with a frequently ignored aspect of this great series. For both fans and academics alike, it is well worth picking up.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Media International Australia, Patrick Condliffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A valuable addition to Doctor Who studies.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Science Fiction Film and Television, Mark Bould\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In a fan base that sometimes ignores the implications of race and pretends to be a colorblind society, Doctor Who and Race does a wonderful job of opening up space for conversation about the beloved show Doctor Who.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Confessions of a College Feminist, Abigail Barefoot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'There is no doubt in my mind that Doctor Who and Race is a very important book, and one that I think every fan should read.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Of Dice and Pen, Michael Ray Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\"Many of the writers and contributors are lifelong fans, and their love for the show shines through every page\" \"The essays about the series are written intelligently ... and are deeply researched. It places every era of The Doctor in it’s own cultural time frame: how did the attitude of The Doctor change in each decade? How did the attitude towards race change in every decade?\"'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Unreality TV, Lisa McGarry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: The Doctor, his companions and race\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The white Doctor – Fire Fly\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Too brown for a fair praise: The depiction of racial prejudice as cultural heritage in \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e – Iona Yeager\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Conscious colour-blindness, unconscious racism in Doctor Who companions – Linnea Dodson\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e, cricket and race: The Peter Davison years – Amit Gupta\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Humanity as a white metaphor – Quiana Howard and Robert Smith?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: “You can’t just change what I look like without consulting me!”: The shifting racial identity of the Doctor – Mike Hernandez\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: Diversity and representation in casting and characterization \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: No room for old-fashioned cats: Davies era \u003cem\u003eWho\u003c\/em\u003e and interracial romance – Emily Asher-Perrin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: When white boys write black: Race and class in the Davies and Moff at eras – Rosanne Welch\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Baby steps: A modest solution to Asian under-representation in \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e – Stephanie Guerdan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: That was then, this is now: How my perceptions have changed – George Ivanoff\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: “One of us is yellow”: Doctor Fu Manchu and \u003cem\u003eThe Talons of Weng-Chiang\u003c\/em\u003e – Kate Orman\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: Colonialism, imperialism, slavery and the diaspora \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Inventing America: \u003cem\u003eThe Aztecs\u003c\/em\u003e in context – Leslie McMurtry\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Ood as a slave race: Colonial continuity in the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire – Erica Foss\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e and the critique of western imperialism – John Vohlidka\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Through coloured eyes: An alternative viewing of postcolonial transition – Vanessa de Kauwe\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: Xenophobia, nationalism and national identities \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: The allegory of allegory: Race, racism and the summer of 2011 – Alec Charles\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e and the racial state: Fighting National Socialism across time and space – Richard Scully\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Religion, racism and the Church of England in \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e – Marcus K. Harmes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: The Doctor is in (the Antipodes): \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e short fiction and Australian national identity – Catriona Mills\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: Race and science \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: “They hate each other’s chromosomes”: Eugenics and the shifting racial identity of the Daleks – Kristine Larsen\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Mapping the boundaries of race in \u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Earth\/Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e – Rachel Morgain\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Savages, science, stagism, and the naturalized ascendancy of the Not-We in \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e – Lindy A. 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