| Description |
vii, 308 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Doctor, his companions and race -- ch. 1 The white Doctor / Fire Fly -- ch. 2 Too brown for a fair praise: The depiction of racial prejudice as cultural heritage in Doctor Who / Iona Yeager -- ch. 3 Conscious colour-blindness, unconscious racism in Doctor Who companions / Linnea Dodson -- ch. 4 Doctor Who, cricket and race: The Peter Davison years / Amit Gupta -- ch. 5 Humanity as a white metaphor / Quiana Howard -- ch. 6 "You can't just change what I look like without consulting me!": The shifting racial identity of the Doctor / Mike Hernandez -- pt. II Diversity and representation in casting and characterization -- ch. 7 No room for old-fashioned cats: Davies era Who and interracial romance / Emily Asher-Perrin -- ch. 8 When white boys write black: Race and class in the Davies and Moffat eras / Rosanne Welch -- ch. 9 Baby steps: A modest solution to Asian under-representation in Doctor Who / Stephanie Guerdan -- ch. 10 That was then, this is now: How my perceptions have changed / George Ivanoff -- ch. 11 "One of us is yellow": Doctor Fu Manchu and The Talons of Weng-Chiang / Kate Orman -- pt. III Colonialism, imperialism, slavery and the diaspora -- ch. 12 Inventing America: The Aztecs in context / Leslie McMurtry -- ch. 13 The Ood as a slave race: Colonial continuity in the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire / Erica Foss -- ch. 14 Doctor Who and the critique of western imperialism / John Vohlidka -- ch. 15 Through coloured eyes: An alternative viewing of postcolonial transition / Vanessa de Kauwe -- pt. IV Xenophobia, nationalism and national identities -- ch. 16 The allegory of allegory: Race, racism and the summer of 2011 / Alec Charles -- ch. 17 Doctor Who and the racial state: Fighting National Socialism across time and space / Richard Scully -- ch. 18 Religion, racism and the Church of England in Doctor Who / Marcus K. Harmes -- ch. 19 The Doctor is in (the Antipodes): Doctor Who short fiction and Australian national identity / Catriona Mills -- pt. V Race and science -- ch. 20 "They hate each other's chromosomes": Eugenics and the shifting racial identity of the Daleks / Kristine Larsen -- ch. 21 Mapping the boundaries of race in The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood / Rachel Morgain -- ch. 22 Savages, science, stagism, and the naturalized ascendancy of the Not-We in Doctor Who / Lindy A. Orthia |
| Summary |
Bringing together diverse perspectives on race and its representation in Doctor Who, this book offers understandings of the cultural significance of race in the program - how the show's representations of racial diversity, colonialism, nationalism, and racism affect our daily lives and change the way we relate to each other |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Doctor (Fictitious character)
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| SUBJECT |
Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82129799
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Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007022313
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| Subject |
Race awareness.
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Science fiction television programs -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Orthia, Lindy, editor of compilation
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| ISBN |
1783200367 (paperback) |
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9781783200368 (paperback) |
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