Abstract
This article explores the rape plotlines in Poldark (2015–), Outlander (2014–) and Banished (2015), which mostly take place prior to #MeToo and offer a pre-watershed insight into a time when rape could still be romanticised and eroticised in a way which might not, or at least should not, be possible after October 2017. However, these plots opened up conversations about consent, rape myths and rape fantasy and hence form part of the dialogue and increasingly public awareness about sexual violence which made #MeToo possible in the first place. How fans respond to rape narratives pre- and post-#MeToo is also considered
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 379-398 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Critical Studies in Television |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 12 Aug 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- Rape, Period drama
- Banished
- Rape
- period drama
- Outlander
- #MeToo
- Poldark
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Katherine Byrne
- School of Arts & Humanities - Senior Lecturer
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer
Person: Academic