Adoring Outlander: Essays on Fandom, Genre and the Female Audience

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

What is behind Outlander fever--the hit television drama's popularity? Is it author Diana Gabaldon's teasing posts on social media? Is it the real history reimagined? The highly emotional melodrama? Or is it the take-charge heroine and the sweet hero in a kilt? One of the show's biggest draws is its multigenre appeal. Gabaldon--whose Outlander novels form the basis of the series--has called it science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476664234
• ISBN13: 9781476664231
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher