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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica. To get started finding Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 278

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2008

ISBN: 0826428487

Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica. To get started finding Cylons in America : Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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