The Handmaid's Tale

Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance Across Disciplines and Borders
Herausgeber: Ritzenhoff, Karen A.; Goldie, Janis

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection analyzes how their disciplines can add unique depth and context to many of the themes that are being mobilized in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and its screen adaptations. Contributors address how these themes apply to social issues and specific topics such as science and religion to the role of journalism in a democratic society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9781498589147
• ISBN-10: 1498589146
• Artikelnr.: 55315838

Autorenporträt

Edited by Karen A. Ritzenhoff and Janis Goldie - Contributions by Christina Barmon; Michelle Cubellis; Sarah Dodd; Cecilia Gigliotti; Susan N. Gilmore; Janis Goldie; Ellen Grabiner; Jessica Greenebaum; Rati Kumar; Kristine Larsen; Charisse Levchak; Kelly

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Handmaid's Tale as a Teaching Tool for Engaging Students in
Colonial American History and Puritanism Chapter 2: Translation and
Adaptation Matters: About the Differences Between a Story Called The
Handmaid's Tale or The Slave-girl's Tale? Chapter 3: Jezebel's: Sex and
Marriage in Early Christian Theology Chapter 4: Literary Narration,
Complicity, and Political Dystopia in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Chapter 5: "You don't know what we had to go through:" Feminist Generations
in The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 6: "Don't Let the Bastards Grind you
Down"-Again: Returning to The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 7: Consent, Power,
and Sexual Assault in The Handmaid's Tale: Handmaids, Sexual Slavery and
Victim Blaming Chapter 8: Advancing Student Understanding of Rape Culture:
The Handmaid's Tale as a Tool in the Primary Prevention of Sexual Assault
on College Campuses Chapter 9: Fertility and Fetal Containers:
Science, Religion, and The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 10: "I'm Ravenous for
News": Using The Handmaid's Tale to Explore the Role of Journalism Chapter
11: Women's Health in The Handmaid's Tale and the Marginalization of Women
Chapter 12: Resist!: Racism and Sexism in The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 13:
Erasing Race in The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 14: Women, Complicity and The
Handmaid's Tale Chapter 15: "Discards, All of Us": Representations of Age
in The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 16: No Light Without Shadow: The Question of
Realism in Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale and Hulu's TV Series
Chapter 17: Shifting Perspectives and Re-accentuation: Adapting The
Handmaid's Tale as Film in 1990 and as a Hulu TV Series in 2017/2018
Chapter 18: The Handmaid's Tale: The Optics of Dystopia Chapter 19:
Offred's Journey Through Gilead: Subverting Oppositional Discourse Through
First Person Performed Narrative Chapter 20: The Artist and Her Art: An
Examination of Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson and June Osborne through a
Feminist Lens Chapter 21: 'The Magical Land of the North': Anti-Americanism
and Canadian Identity within The Handmaid's Tale Chapter 22: Suffering
Motherhood and Woman's Empowerment: Comparing Metropolis (1927) and The
Handmaid's Tale (2017) Chapter 23: 'Topia' Extended: "Historical" Judgment
of The Handmaid's Tale