The Second World War is recently over, and Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) is feeling its effects. But Outlander differs in that it possesses what one surprisingly insightful review from the less than scholarly Huffington Post 1 called “the female gaze” – the perspective it offers to viewers looking in on that content. #Cursed Lands Romance Options Leena And Jasper series#Now I have your attention, yes?) Diana Gabaldon is a favorite at the fun and often hilarious “Late Night Sex Readings” sessions held at Historical Novel Society conferences, and it follows that a series based on her work, especially one created by a pay channel, would feature a respectable amount of sexual content. In particular, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at it with a view to how this historical series differs from some of its fellows in its perspective on one particular area: sex. Thus, you won’t find here a comparison of the TV series to the book the Starz version is examined entirely on its own. And you, dear reader, shall experience the fruits of my laziness. Yet still, I took the lazy way out: I spared a few hours to mindlessly binge-watch TV. So when a friend recommended Starz’s version of the Outlander series to me, I experienced that pang known, perhaps, only to bibliophiles – not wanting to watch it until I’d read the books. They’ve been on the monumental To Read list for quite some time, but the list keeps growing, the number of (doorstop-worthy) Outlander books keeps growing, I have a ton of books I’m already reading, my time is finite and…that’s all I can come up with in the way of lame excuses. I should probably get something out of the way immediately: I have not read Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books. Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) and the henge of Craigh na Dun.
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