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Author:   Nadine Farghaly
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780786494590

ISBN 10:   078649459
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   10 November 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction (Nadine Farghaly) The Evolution of Sherlock Holmes: An Examination of a Timeless Figure Amid Changing Times (Greg Freeman) There’s a Name Everyone Says: Irene Adler and Jim Moriarty in Sherlock (Benedick Turner) Return of “the woman”: Irene Adler in Contemporary Adaptations (Rhonda Lynette Harris Taylor) “Of dubious and questionable memory”: The Collision of Gender and Canon in Creating Sherlock’s Postfeminist Femme Fatale (Maria Alberto) “Feeling Exposed?” Irene Adler and the ­Self-Reflective Disguise (Katharine McCain) I Am Sherlocked: Adapting Victorian Gender and Sexuality in “A Scandal in Belgravia” (Lindsay Katzir) The Woman and the Napoleon of Crime: Moriarty, Adler, Elementary (Joseph S. Walker) Joan for John: An Elementary Choice (Elizabeth Welch) Joan Watson: Mascot, Companion and Investigator (Lucy Baker) Conflations of “Queerness” in 21st Century Adaptations (Ayaan Agane) A Questionable Bromance: Queer Subtext, Fan Service and the Dangers of Queerbaiting in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes and A Game of Shadows (Hannah Mueller) Sherlocked: Homosociality and (A)Sexuality (Karma Waltonen) The Veneration of Violation in Sherlock (Zea Miller) “Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department”: The BBC’s Sherlock and Interpersonal Relationships (Kathryn E. Lane) About the Contributors Index

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"""covers in 14 orignal essays a brief period, exploring the on-screen relationships of Holmes and Dr. Watson as well as various female characters""--Communications Booknotes Quarterly."

covers in 14 orignal essays a brief period, exploring the on-screen relationships of Holmes and Dr. Watson as well as various female characters --Communications Booknotes Quarterly.

“covers in 14 orignal essays a brief period, exploring the on-screen relationships of Holmes and Dr. Watson as well as various female characters”—Communications Booknotes Quarterly.

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Nadine Farghaly has a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Salzburg. She lives in Siegsdorf, Germany.

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