TV transformations & transgressive women : from Prisoner: Cell Block H to Wentworth / edited by Radha O'Meara, Tessa Dwyer, Stayci Taylor and Craig Batty.

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2022]

xviii, 471 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

"'Just like Prisoner and Wentworth, this book is an instant cult classic. Written with love by a collective of expert aca-fans, TV Deep dive into iconic 1980s Australian women-in-prison TV drama Prisoner (aka Cell Block H), its contemporary reimagining as Wentworth, and its broader, global industry significance and influence, this book brings together a range of scholarly and industry perspectives, including an interview with actor Shareena Clanton (Wentworth's Doreen Anderson). Its chapters draw on talks with producers, screenwriters and casting; fan voices from the Wentworth twitterverse; comparisons with Netflix's Orange is the New Black; queer and LGBTQ approaches; and international production histories and contexts. By charting a path from Prisoner to Wentworth, the book offers a new mapping of TV shifts and transformations through the lens of female transgression, ruminating on the history, currency, industry position and cultural value of women-in-prison series"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: TV transformations and transgressive women Oxford, UK ; New York : Peter Lang Publishing, 2022

English

September 13, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.