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Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica

Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica

Matthew Wheeland
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An insurgency struggles against a technologically superior occupying power.
Refugees flee persecution with ever-diminishing resources.
Society is fractured along ideological lines, fostering political corruption and Machiavellian opportunism.
Sexy female robots wield guns.

The award-winning and compulsively watchable Battlestar Galactica, "re-imagined" by creator Ronald D. Moore for the twenty-first century, combines many familiar features of science fiction with direct commentary on life in post-9/11 America. At its best, BSG achieves a level of political and social commentary that has not been achieved anywhere else on modern television.

Cylons in America presents an edgy, stimulating, and sometimes witty collection of critical studies of BSG, examining the series' place within popular culture and its engagement with contemporary American society. The book is divided into three sections: the first explores how BSG creates a microcosm of our current world; the second considers the Cylons as a mirror of humanity; and the third raises central questions about science fiction as a genre, about the nature of episodic television, and about the role of media in popular culture. For anyone wishing to explore the many worlds of Battlestar Galactica, Cylons in America provides the perfect point of departure.
Language
English
Pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Release
May 10, 2022
ISBN
0826428487
ISBN 13
9780826428486

Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica

Matthew Wheeland
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
An insurgency struggles against a technologically superior occupying power.
Refugees flee persecution with ever-diminishing resources.
Society is fractured along ideological lines, fostering political corruption and Machiavellian opportunism.
Sexy female robots wield guns.

The award-winning and compulsively watchable Battlestar Galactica, "re-imagined" by creator Ronald D. Moore for the twenty-first century, combines many familiar features of science fiction with direct commentary on life in post-9/11 America. At its best, BSG achieves a level of political and social commentary that has not been achieved anywhere else on modern television.

Cylons in America presents an edgy, stimulating, and sometimes witty collection of critical studies of BSG, examining the series' place within popular culture and its engagement with contemporary American society. The book is divided into three sections: the first explores how BSG creates a microcosm of our current world; the second considers the Cylons as a mirror of humanity; and the third raises central questions about science fiction as a genre, about the nature of episodic television, and about the role of media in popular culture. For anyone wishing to explore the many worlds of Battlestar Galactica, Cylons in America provides the perfect point of departure.
Language
English
Pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Release
May 10, 2022
ISBN
0826428487
ISBN 13
9780826428486

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