{"product_id":"reentering-the-dollhouse-9781476679907","title":"ReEntering the Dollhouse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Premiering on Fox in 2009, Joss Whedon''s \u003ci\u003eDollhouse\u003c\/i\u003e was an innovative, contentious and short-lived science fiction series whose themes were challenging for viewers from the outset. A vast global corporation operates establishments (Dollhouses) that program individuals with temporary personalities and abilities. The protagonist assumes a different identity each episode--her defining characteristic a lack of individuality. Through this obtuse premise, the show interrogated free will, morality and sex, and in the process its own construction of fantasy and its audience. A decade on, the world is--for better or worse--catching up with \u003ci\u003eDollhouse\u003c\/i\u003e''s provocative vision. This collection of new essays examines the series'' relevance in the context of today''s social and political issues and media landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Welcome to the Future\u003cbr\u003eMichael Starr and Heather M. Porter\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Society and Self\u003cbr\u003e\"Now that we have a black president\": White Feminism, ­Post-Raciality, and the Curious Case of Boyd Langton\u003cbr\u003eMary Ellen Iatropoulos\u003cbr\u003e\"The body doesn't matter, it's the mind that we want\": Examining and Critiquing Contemporary Socioeconomic and -political Structures Through Rossum and the Framework\u003cbr\u003eErin M. Giannini\u003cbr\u003eRipley, Alice, and Echo: Corporate Malfeasance and the Female Body\u003cbr\u003eSherry Ginn\u003cbr\u003e\"We're also misunderstood, which great humanitarians often are\": Examining the Intelligence and Wisdom of the Mad Scientist Topher Brink\u003cbr\u003eHeather M. Porter\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Philosophy and Technology\u003cbr\u003eEarning a Place on the Ark: Evolution, Ethics, and Epitaphs\u003cbr\u003eMadeline Muntersbjorn\u003cbr\u003eFrom Androids to Actives: Death of Identity and the Legacy of Technicism\u003cbr\u003eThomas D. Parham III\u003cbr\u003eAgencied Objects: Locations of the Technodomestic ­Object-I in the Whedonverses\u003cbr\u003eJuliette C. Kitchens\u003cbr\u003e\"How does it feel to end the world?\": The Dark Ecology of the Dollhouse\u003cbr\u003eMichael Starr\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Form and Function\u003cbr\u003eWhat You Don't Know Won't Hurt You? Constructive Omissions in the Title Music\u003cbr\u003eJanet K. Halfyard\u003cbr\u003eFriday Night Rites: The Posthuman Hero's Tale in the Television Narrative\u003cbr\u003eDevon E. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\"You cannot possibly stop them alone\": The Formula Conspiracy Story, the Monomyth, and Whedon's Complicated Heroics\u003cbr\u003eStephen G. Melvin\u003cbr\u003e\"Tell me about the Dollhouse\": The Impact of Promotional Paratexts on Audience Reception\u003cbr\u003eTanya R. Cochran\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Influences and Allusions\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm awake now\": Female Cyborgs, ­Self-Awareness, and (Qualified?) Rebellion in Dollhouse and Westworld\u003cbr\u003eEve Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\"To grow, we all need to suffer\": Memory and Trauma as the Path to Personhood\u003cbr\u003eJeana Jorgensen and Keegan L. Mills\u003cbr\u003eLost, Not Gone: The Haunted (Doll)House\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Pugh\u003cbr\u003ePod People, Zombies, Dolls: Fear and Anxiety in I Am Legend, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dollhouse\u003cbr\u003eCharmaine Tanti\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Dollhouse Episode List\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Westworld Episode List, Cited in Text\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Whedon Television Episode List, Cited in Text\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: Whedon Filmography, Cited in Text\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040469057879,"sku":"9781476679907","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reentering-the-dollhouse-9781476679907","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}