Outlander's Sassenachs: Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series

by Valerie Estelle Frankel

A time travel epic featuring history and romance, Outlander--unlike most adventure series--is aimed at women audiences. The kilted male characters, the female narrator, the fantastic period costumes are atypical of male-gendered television. Both the show and the novels on which it is based address issues most series shy away from, like breast feeding, abortion and birth control. Role reversals are common--the powerful Claire rescues her virginal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476664242
• ISBN13: 9781476664248
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher