Falling Asleep to Trump Tales: A Critical Analysis of Hulu's Adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale in a Trumpian Context

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This thesis analyses Hulu's TV series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) as an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name (1985), and pays special attention to Trump's presidency being the context of reception.

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Atwood; Hulu; Bruce Miller; The Handmaid's Tale; Handmaid; Trump; Donald Trump; Adaptation; Adapting; Hutcheon

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