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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 TV Transformations and Transgressive Women : From Prisoner : Cell Block H to Wentworth
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'A deep dive into iconic 1980s Australian women-in-prison TV drama Prisoner (aka Cell Block H), its contemporary reimagining as Wentworth, and its broader, global industry significance and influence, this book brings together a range of scholarly and industry perspectives, including an interview with actor Shareena Clanton (Wentworth’s Doreen Anderson). Its chapters draw on talks with producers, screenwriters and casting; fan voices from the Wentworth twitterverse; comparisons with Netflix’s Orange is the New Black; queer and LGBTQ approaches; and international production histories and contexts. By charting a path from Prisoner to Wentworth, the book offers a new mapping of TV shifts and transformations through the lens of female transgression, ruminating on the history, currency, industry position and cultural value of women-in-prison series.'

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Contents

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Breakout Women : Introduction to TV Transformations, Gender and Transgression, Radha O'Meara , Tessa Dwyer , Stayci Taylor , Craig Batty , single work criticism
Representation, Responsibility and Racism : A Courageous Conversation with Shareena Clanton, Radha O'Meara (interviewer), single work interview
Repeat Offender : TV Remakes, Reboots and Revival from Prisoner to Wentworth and Beyond, Tessa Dwyer , Philippa Burne , single work criticism
Scriptwriting on the inside : The Streamlined System of Prisoner and the Collaborative Community of Wentworth, Radha O'Meara , single work criticism
'I Want to See Rit 'Connors'. I Want to See Her Now!' The TV Series Guest Performer as Intertextual Messenger, Helen Milte , single work criticism
Women in the System : Narrative Modes and Rhetoric in Wentworth and Orange Is the New Black, Kim Yen Howells-Ng , single work criticism
Flashbacks and Morality in Women's Prison TV Dramas, Niall Brennan , single work criticism
Gothic Themes in Australian TV's Women's Prison Dramas, Kate Warner , single work criticism
'You Want to See Your Daughter? You Tell Me What Happened' : Motherhood Ant the Market Economy in Wentworth, Corrine E. Hinton , single work criticism
Orange Is the New Black, Wentworth and Contemporary Media Feminisms : Systemic Inequality and Individual Responsibility, Jessica Ford , single work criticism
Prison Blues and Token Truths : Inside the Reality and Fantasy of First Nations Representation in Australian Women's Prison Drama Wentworth, Josie Rose Atkinson , single work criticism
Doing (Queer) Time in Wentworth, Whitney Monaghan , single work criticism
'And Then They Confiscate Her Hormones' : Trans Incarceration And/in Wentworth and Orange Is the New Black, Sam Mccracken , single work criticism
The Motherless Teenage Daughter : Lock Her Up or Send Her Away, Diana Sandars , single work criticism
The Stone-Cold Power Dame : TV Women in Power, State Security and National Discourse, Alex Bevan , single work criticism
Telling It like It Was : Independent Activist Filmmaking, Australian Prison Systems and Prisoner, Olympia Barron , Catherine Gillam , Alexander Gionfriddo , single work criticism
From Boys to Men Via Cell Block H : Prisoner, Queer Identities and Productive Fan Nostalgia, Craig Haslop , Craig Batty , single work criticism
'It's Not My Fault I Help Girls Realize They're Lesbians' : Compulsory Homosexuality as Communication in Online Wentworth Fandom, Amanda K. Allen , single work criticism
Competing Desires, Competing Interests : Opening the Dialogue between Wentworth, Fans and Industry, Renee Middlemost , Stayci Taylor , single work criticism
Recommending Wentworth to the World : How Netflix 'Changed the Show' and Australian TV Drama Production, Alexa Scarlata , single work criticism

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Peter Lang ,
      2022 .
      image of person or book cover 5551193385157049024.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: xviii, 474p.p.
      ISBN: 9781789975079 (pdf), 9781789975086 (epub), 9781789975093 (mobi), 9781789975062 (hbk)
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Studies : Interdisciplinary Perspectives Anne Brewster (editor), Oxford : Peter Lang , 2017 13852684 2017 series - publisher criticism

      'This interdisciplinary book series showcases dynamic, innovative research on contemporary and historical Australian culture. It aims to foster interventions in established debates on Australia as well as opening up new areas of enquiry that reflect the diversity of interests in the scholarly community. The series includes research in a range of fields across the humanities and social sciences, such as history, literature, media, philosophy, cultural studies, gender studies and politics. Proposals are encouraged in areas such as Indigenous studies, critical race and whiteness studies, women’s studies, studies in colonialism and coloniality, multiculturalism, the experimental humanities and ecocriticism. Of particular interest is research that promotes the study of Australia in cross-cultural, transnational and comparative contexts. Cross-disciplinarity and new methodologies are welcomed. The series will feature the work of leading authors but also invites proposals from emerging scholars. Proposals for monographs and high-quality edited volumes are welcomed. Proposals and manuscripts considered for the series will be subject to rigorous peer review and editorial attention. The series is affiliated with the International Australian Studies Association.' (Publication summary)

      Number in series: 4
Last amended 21 Dec 2023 14:11:26
Subjects:
  • Prisoner 1979 series - publisher film/TV
  • Wentworth Emma J. Steele , Lally Katz , Pete McTighe , Giula Sandler , Timothy Hobart , John Ridley , Marcia Gardner , Max Conroy , Kim Wilson , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
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