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245 00 a| Illuminating Torchwood :b| essays on narrative, character and sexuality in the BBC series /c| edited by Andrew Ireland.;

260 a| Jefferson, N.C. :b| McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,c| 2010.;

300 a| x, 241 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;v| 21;

500 a| "Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III, series editors.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : reading the rift / Andrew Ireland -- Narrative and Torchwood. Playing to the crowd : Torchwood knows we're watching / Andrew Ireland -- Existentialism and Christian symbolism / R. C. Neighbors -- Policing the rift : the monstrous and the uncanny / Susan J. Wolfe and Courtney Huse Wika -- Touching the other : alien contact and transgressive touch / Ria Cheyne -- More than just a hero's journey : Harry Potter, Frodo Baggins, and Captain Jack Harkness / Valerie Estelle Frankel -- Screwing aliens and screwing with aliens : Torchwood slashes the doctor / Richard Berger -- Character and Torchwood. The eternal vigil : Captain Jack as Byronic hero / G. Todd Davis -- Gwen's evil stepmother : concerning gloves and magic slippers / Valerie Estelle Frankel -- Transgressive torch bearers : who carries the conÞnes of gothic aesthetics? / Daniel J. Rawcliffe -- The alien woman : othering and the Oriental / Carrie Dunn -- Outside the heroic paradigm / Tom Powers -- Sexuality and Torchwood. "Love the coat" : bisexuality, the female gaze and the romance of sexual politics / Christopher Pullen -- Fashioning masculinity and desire / Sarah Gilligan -- Sexual relations and sexual identity issues : brave new worlds or more of the old one? / Sherry Ginn -- "Loving the alien" : the erotics of technology / Paul Winters -- Cyberwomen and sleepers : rereading the mulatto. Cyborg and the Black woman's body / Elspeth Kydd -- No consent necessary : a feminist perspective on non-consensual penetration / Carrie Dunn -- Out in space : masculinity, sexuality and the science fiction heroics of Captain Jack / Lee Barron.;

520 a| "Using Torchwood as its focal point, this timely collection of essays by a range of experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama"--Provided by publisher.;

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Illuminating Torchwood : essays on narrative, character and sexuality in the BBC series / edited by Andrew Ireland.

Other author	Ireland, Andrew.
Other author	Palumbo, Donald, 1949-
Other author	Sullivan, Charles Wm. (Charles William), 1944-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
Description	x, 241 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Torchwood (Television program) Science fiction television programs--Great Britain. --History and criticism.

Series	Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 21 Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy 21. ^A600474
Contents	Introduction : reading the rift / Andrew Ireland -- Narrative and Torchwood. Playing to the crowd : Torchwood knows we're watching / Andrew Ireland -- Existentialism and Christian symbolism / R. C. Neighbors -- Policing the rift : the monstrous and the uncanny / Susan J. Wolfe and Courtney Huse Wika -- Touching the other : alien contact and transgressive touch / Ria Cheyne -- More than just a hero's journey : Harry Potter, Frodo Baggins, and Captain Jack Harkness / Valerie Estelle Frankel -- Screwing aliens and screwing with aliens : Torchwood slashes the doctor / Richard Berger -- Character and Torchwood. The eternal vigil : Captain Jack as Byronic hero / G. Todd Davis -- Gwen's evil stepmother : concerning gloves and magic slippers / Valerie Estelle Frankel -- Transgressive torch bearers : who carries the conÞnes of gothic aesthetics? / Daniel J. Rawcliffe -- The alien woman : othering and the Oriental / Carrie Dunn -- Outside the heroic paradigm / Tom Powers -- Sexuality and Torchwood. "Love the coat" : bisexuality, the female gaze and the romance of sexual politics / Christopher Pullen -- Fashioning masculinity and desire / Sarah Gilligan -- Sexual relations and sexual identity issues : brave new worlds or more of the old one? / Sherry Ginn -- "Loving the alien" : the erotics of technology / Paul Winters -- Cyberwomen and sleepers : rereading the mulatto. Cyborg and the Black woman's body / Elspeth Kydd -- No consent necessary : a feminist perspective on non-consensual penetration / Carrie Dunn -- Out in space : masculinity, sexuality and the science fiction heroics of Captain Jack / Lee Barron.
Abstract	"Using Torchwood as its focal point, this timely collection of essays by a range of experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama"--Provided by publisher.
General note	"Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III, series editors."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009052865
ISBN	9780786445707 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	078644570X

Illuminating Torchwood : essays on narrative, character and sexuality in the BBC series / edited by Andrew Ireland.

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