Adapting Bridgerton

Essays on the Netflix Show in Context

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9331-6 (ISBN)

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Essays in this work examine in detail the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, which breaks racial barriers as it explores an alternate history in which biracial Queen Charlotte elevated people of color to dukes and earls, welcoming new perspectives in Regency London.

The beloved television show Bridgerton breaks racial barriers as it explores an alternate history in which biracial Queen Charlotte elevated people of color to dukes and earls, welcoming new perspectives in Regency London.

Essays in this work examine in detail the hit Netflix series. Topics covered include Bridgerton's unique, racially conscious casting and its effect on common tropes and roles; the overt sexuality in the context of prim Jane Austen films and historical shows like Downton Abbey, Outlander, and recent nineteenth-century adaptations; dueling; art; manners; dress; social conventions; feminism; privilege; power; dreamcasting; colorism; and yes, the sex scenes.

Valerie Estelle Frankel teaches English at Mission College and San Jose City College. The author of more than 90 popular culture books and more than 100 stories and essays, she lives in Sunnyvale, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Valerie Estelle Frankel

Section I: Identity and Intersectionality

Beyond the Pale: Genre, Race, and Intersectional Feminist Tensions in Bridgerton

Tracy H.Z. Reese

Casting the Future in Bridgerton’s Past

Amy Cook and Jessica Hautsch

Is “the price we pay … worth the fight?” Undermining the Marriage Plot

April Toadvine

Hornier Than Thou: Revisioning Female Empowerment

Maria Juko

“You can choose to love me as much as I love you”: Identity, Intentionality, and Agency

José I. Rodríguez

Whiteness Is the New Black: Alt–London and the EDI Industrial Complex

Tré Ventour-Griffiths

Section II: Period Arts, Society, and Culture

A More Colorful History Built on Thin Ice: How Modernizing History Creates Moral Issues

Marie Michlová

(Un)Romancing the Ton: Respectability, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Pleasure

Viviana Castellano

Benedict’s Gaze

Sarah Stegall

Off to the Modiste: A Costume Analysis of Season

Valerie Estelle Frankel and Madeleine Loewen

Section III: Comparability with Popular Works

Spice Sells: Bridgerton, Sex, and the Jane Austen Brand

Kaitlyn Reid

A Regency Lady and an Edwardian Woman: Tensions Between Social Performances of Femininity and Female Empowerment in Period Pieces

Joy E. Morrow

Bridging the Gap Between Modern Life and the Period Piece: A Directorial Comparison of Bridgerton and Downton Abbey

Schuyler Becker

Natasha Rostova, Mr. Malcolm, and the Duke of Hastings: Comparing Introductions to Racially Inclusive Regency Fantasy

Amanda-Rae Prescott

Conclusion

Valerie Estelle Frankel

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	6 photos, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-9331-5 / 1476693315
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9331-6 / 9781476693316
Zustand	Neuware