The Women of Orphan Black
Title | The Women of Orphan Black PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Estelle Frankel |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2018-04-13 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476632553 |
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.
The Women of Orphan Black
Title | The Women of Orphan Black PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Estelle Frankel |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2018-04-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1476674124 |
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.
The Science of Orphan Black
Title | The Science of Orphan Black PDF eBook |
Author | Casey Griffin |
Publisher | ECW Press |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2017-08-22 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 177305046X |
An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show’s co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black — from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person’s eye and into their brain.
Editing the Soul
Title | Editing the Soul PDF eBook |
Author | Everett Hamner |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2017-09-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0271080523 |
Personal genome testing, gene editing for life-threatening diseases, synthetic life: once the stuff of science fiction, twentieth- and twenty-first-century advancements blur the lines between scientific narrative and scientific fact. This examination of bioengineering in popular and literary culture shows that the influence of science on science fiction is more reciprocal than we might expect. Looking closely at the work of Margaret Atwood, Richard Powers, and other authors, as well as at film, comics, and serial television such as Orphan Black, Everett Hamner shows how the genome age is transforming both the most commercial and the most sophisticated stories we tell about the core of human personhood. As sublime technologies garner public awareness beyond the genre fiction shelves, they inspire new literary categories like “slipstream” and shape new definitions of the human, the animal, the natural, and the artificial. In turn, what we learn of bioengineering via popular and literary culture prepares the way for its official adoption or restriction—and for additional representations. By imagining the connections between emergent gene testing and editing capacities and long-standing conversations about freedom and determinism, these stories help build a cultural zeitgeist with a sharper, more balanced vision of predisposed agency. A compelling exploration of the interrelationships among science, popular culture, and self, Editing the Soul sheds vital light on what the genome age means to us, and what’s to come.
Orphan Black Classified Clone Reports
Title | Orphan Black Classified Clone Reports PDF eBook |
Author | Delphine Cormier |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2017-11-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0062663976 |
The ultimate guide to all of the characters, conspiracies, and shadowy organizations in the smart, innovative BBC America television thriller Orphan Black. Designed to resemble the classified files and notes of Dr. Delphine Cormier, this in-world compendium chronicles the inner workings of the mysterious people and organizations at the heart of the acclaimed hit television series Orphan Black. A detailed and creative look at the thrilling international hit series, Orphan Black Classified Clone Report includes detailed dossiers of Sarah Manning, Felix Dawkins, and all of the show’s beloved characters; examines every twist and turn from season one to the present; provides exclusive information on the Dyad Institute, the Neolution clone program, and the notorious Proletheans; and features observations of the different clones from their monitors, classified intelligence, breakthroughs in Cosima’s research, and private journal entries chronicling Delphine’s experience with the clone club and her own complicated love for Cosima. Packed with exclusive concept art, photos, and ephemera, Orphan Black Classified Clone Report is an immersive reading experience and essential companion for fans of Orphan Black.
Orphan Black
Title | Orphan Black PDF eBook |
Author | John Fawcett |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN |
Rachel is ruthless corporate efficiency personified. She's a clone raised self-aware of her genetic identity, occupying an elite position with the Dyad group of companies.
Sisterhood, Science and Surveillance in Orphan Black
Title | Sisterhood, Science and Surveillance in Orphan Black PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Brennan Croft |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2019-10-23 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 147666854X |
The BBC America series Orphan Black (2013-2017) won acclaim for its compelling writing, resonant themes and innovative special effects. And for the bravura acting of Tatiana Maslany, who plays an ever-growing number of clones drawn into an increasingly dangerous world of cutting-edge science, corporate espionage, military secrets and religious fanaticism. Heir to pioneering shows centered on strong female characters, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, Lost and Xena: Warrior Princess, Orphan Black models the current Golden Age of serial-form storytelling, with themes of identity, bodily autonomy, gender and sexuality playing against corporate greed and its co-opting of science. This collection of new essays analyzes the diverse clone characters and the series, covering topics including motherhood, surveillance culture, mythology, eugenics, and special effects, as well as the science behind cloning.