The Women of Orphan Black
Faces of the Feminist Spectrum
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, History & Criticism
| Author: | Valerie Estelle Frankel | ISBN: | 9781476632551 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | April 13, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Valerie Estelle Frankel |
| ISBN: | 9781476632551 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | April 13, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show’s main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment. The mighty heroines save one another and destroy the patriarchy while subverting gender expectations. The feminist clones are Sarah, who clashes with her radical feminist foster-mother; Alison, the quintessential post-feminist housewife; Cosima, a second-wave feminist lesbian; Beth, a third-wave feminist bogged down by addiction; and M.K., a fourth-wave feminist who tackles the hardships of disability through the Internet. The book explores the women’s war against corporate power and how it relates to the science and ethics surrounding cloning.
Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show’s main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment. The mighty heroines save one another and destroy the patriarchy while subverting gender expectations. The feminist clones are Sarah, who clashes with her radical feminist foster-mother; Alison, the quintessential post-feminist housewife; Cosima, a second-wave feminist lesbian; Beth, a third-wave feminist bogged down by addiction; and M.K., a fourth-wave feminist who tackles the hardships of disability through the Internet. The book explores the women’s war against corporate power and how it relates to the science and ethics surrounding cloning.
