Ironic Europe by Lynge Stegger Gemzøe

“…BBC America’s television series Killing Eve (2018 - ) can be read as a classic clash between East and West, male and female, but with a twist: some of the (gender) roles have switched, and the show – while certainly also buying into classic stereotypes – seems interested in nuances and a humoristic play with the viewer’s expectations. …”
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Beasts from the East by Júlia Havas, Anna Mártonfi, Gábor Gergely

“…Our critical analyses of Dracula (BBC1, 2020), Killing Eve (BBC America, 2018–), and Call the Midwife (BBC1, 2012–) show that programming that putatively celebrates British multiculturalism and diversity configures the Eastern European foreigner as a threat to idea(l)s of Britishness, by deploying this figure in strikingly similar imaginaries of contagion, deviance, and savagery. …”
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Penser le posthumain avec les séries de SF ? by Hélène Machinal

“…Recent SF TV series (post-2010), such as Orphan Black (BBC America, 2013-2017), Westworld (HBO, 2016-) or The Expanse (Syfy, 2015-2022) show that critical posthumanism remains an operative approach, particularly since it also relates to Donna Haraway’s cyborg feminism. …”
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