{"product_id":"sisterhood-science-and-surveillance-in-orphan-black-9781476668543","title":"Sisterhood Science and Surveillance in Orphan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The BBC America series \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e (2013-2017) won acclaim for its compelling writing, resonant themes and innovative special effects. And for the bravura acting of Tatiana Maslany, who plays an ever-growing number of clones drawn into an increasingly dangerous world of cutting-edge science, corporate espionage, military secrets and religious fanaticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Heir to pioneering shows centered on strong female characters, such as \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDollhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eXena: Warrior Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e models the current Golden Age of serial-form storytelling, with themes of identity, bodily autonomy, gender and sexuality playing against corporate greed and its co-opting of science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of new essays analyzes the diverse clone characters and the series, covering topics including motherhood, surveillance culture, mythology, eugenics, and special effects, as well as the science behind cloning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: A Galaxy of Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlyson R. Buckman and Janet Brennan Croft 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I am not your property\": The Progressive Feminism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eof Orphan Black (Graeme J. Wilson) 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen's Rebellion or Radical Containment? Understanding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrphan Black's Feminist Message (Dani Howell) 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings\": Soccer Moms, Punks and Postfeminist Mothers on Orphan Black (Erin Bell) 41\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Clones, Making Mothers: Motherhood in Orphan Black (Jenny Bonnevier) 58\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotherless Bad Girl\/Bad Girl Mother: Naturalizing and Essentializing Motherhood in Orphan Black (Laine Zisman Newman) 77\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHell and Back: Helena as Kore and Shaman in Orphan Black (Janet Brennan Croft) 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiving in the Panopticon: Resistance to Surveillance in Orphan Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Brandi Bradley) 113\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"My story is an embroidery\": Representing Trauma Within the World of Orphan Black (Alyson R. Buckman) 128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforming Bodies: Multiplying ­Cyborg-Clones, CGI and the Invisible Special Effect (Bronwen Calvert) 151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSheeply Empowerment: An Analysis of M.K.'s Reappropriation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ein Orphan Black (Jennifer DeRoss) 166\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecDNA\/©DNA in Orphan Black: Eugenics, Surplus Life \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the Castor Virus (Jessica Lee Mathiason) 180\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors 205\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 207\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040416596311,"sku":"9781476668543","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476668543.jpg?v=1750946678","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sisterhood-science-and-surveillance-in-orphan-black-9781476668543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}