Gorton, K (2021) ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down’: Feminist resilience/resilient feminism in The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu, 2017–). Critical Studies in Television, 16 (3). pp. 227-244. ISSN 1749-6020
Abstract
This article explores the tension that lies in the construction of resilience, which is at once, hopeful and inspiring and yet also in danger of positioning the individual as responsible for the lack of welfare and support that is available. In articulating these contradictory readings, I treat The Handmaid’s Tale as a ‘site where the meaning of feminism(s) is produced and contested’ (Ferreday and Harris, 2017: 240) and as a television text whose storytelling techniques reflect what Jason Mittell (2015) refers to as ‘narrative complexity’.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021, © SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of an article published in Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2021 13:24 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2022 14:55 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17496020211021326 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178875 |