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Investigating Cult TV
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Of all recent television science fiction series, the reimagined Battlestar Galactica is the most highly praised and consistently inventive and intelligent. Where the original show was a straightforward space opera, the new one is rich, strange and above all unpredictable. This book explores... read more
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Characters/People edit
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- Gaius Baltar
- Starbuck
- Ron Moore
- Bill Adama
- Gina
- Cylon
- Lee
- Laura Roslin
- Saul Tigh
- Kara
- Felix Gaeta
- Apollo
- Kendra
- Eick
- Ellen Tigh
- Boomer
- Helo
- Ronald D. Moore
- Marcotte
- Leoben
- Anders
- Ryan
- Mary Mcdonnell
- C. W. Marshall
- Head Baltar
- Edward James Olmos
- Heinlein
- Zarek
- Tiffany Potter
- Baudrillard
- Hodgman
- Tyrol
- Marcuse
- Jane Espenson
- Tricia Helfer
- Dee
- David
- Simon
- I.b.tauris
- Shapiro
Table of Contents edit
Contributors
Of Great Zeitgeist and Bad Faith: An Introduction to Battlestar Galactica
Adama and (Mitochondial) Eve: A Foundation Myth for White Folks
Frak Me: Reproduction, Gender, Sexuality
Disco Galactica: Futures Past and Present
The Military Organism: Rank, Family and Obedience in Battlestar Galactica
Real-imagining Terror in Battlestar Galactica: Negotiating Real and Fantasy in Battlestar Galactica’s Political Metaphor
Butch Girls, Brittle Boys and Sexy, Sexless Cylons: Some Gender Problems in Battlestar Galactica
Sci-Fi Ghettos: Battlestar Galactica and Genre Aesthetics
The Luxury of Being Simply Human: Unwritten and Rewritten Queer Histories in Battlestar Galactica
Interrogating Galactica: An Interview with Jane Espenson
On the End, Decline and Fall of Television Shows
Appendix: Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide
Index
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Series & Lists edit
This book is in Investigating Cult TV. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roz Kaveney (Editor)
- Jennifer Stoy (Editor)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2, 2010
ISBN: 9781848853737
Page Count: 288
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2, 2010
ISBN: 9781848853737
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PN1992.77.B354 B39 2010
- Dewey: 791.45/72
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