Battlestar Galactica Investigating Flesh, Spirit, and Steel

by Kaveney, Roz; Stoy, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781848853737
• ISBN10: 1848853734
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Of all recent television science fiction series, the reimaginedBattlestar Galacticais 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 the newBattlestar Galacticafrom beginning to end, covering all of the show's principal themes, from the depiction of sexuality in an era of artificial people and downloaded memories to what it means to be a member of a military organization when the stakes are not victory or defeat but survival.Like all the best shows about the future or the past -- we are never sure when all this is supposed to be happening --Battlestar Galacticais a series about the present; chapters here cover its depiction of the post-9/11 world and such issues as abortion and worker's rights. This definitive book on the full new Battlestar Galactica also includes an interview with Jane Espenson, co-executive producer of the show's last seasons and writer/director of theBattlestar Galacticaprequel filmThe Plan.

Author Biography

Roz Kaveney is editor of Reading the Vampire Slayer and author of books Superheroes! (2008), Teen Dreams (2007) and From Alien to The Matrix (2005) all published by I.B.Tauris. Jennifer Stoy is a writer and editor on popular culture, based in the US.

Table of Contents

*Of Great Zeitgeist And Bad Faith: An Introduction To Battlestar Galactica * Adama And (Mitochondrial) 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 * Butch Girls, Brittle Boys And Sexy, Sexless Cylons * Sci-Fi Ghettos: Battlestar Galactica And Genre Aesthetics * Your So-Called Dance * The Luxury Of Being Simply Human * Interrogating Galactica: An Interview With Jane Espenson * On The End, Decline, And Fall Of Television Shows * Notes * Bibliography *  Index