Rape in Period Drama Television

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By Katherine Byrne and Julie Anne Taddeo

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Rape in Period Drama Television considers the representation of rape and rape myths as well as the audience response to it in a range of the most influential television period dramas of recent years.

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Chapter One: Rape Fantasy and the "Lawless" Eighteenth Century: Poldark and Banished

Chapter Two: Rape Responses, Romance, and Rape-Revenge

Chapter Three: "Dismissed, ignored, and woefully underreported": Male Rape in Bridgerton and Outlander

Chapter Four: Rape as a Weapon of War: Das Boot and A Place to Call Home

Chapter Five: Procurement and Period Drama: Rape for Money in Harlots

Chapter Six: "If you can't rape your wife, who can you rape?": Marital Rape in The Forsyte Saga and Poldark

Chapter Seven: Rape and the Older Woman