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Investigating 'Farscape' Jes Battis

Investigating 'Farscape' By Jes Battis

Investigating 'Farscape' by Jes Battis


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Presents an analysis of the show, uncovering 'Farscape's' layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. This work explores the language and characters, including Moya, its creation of 'family and home', of masculinity and femininity, and the transformation of an all-American boy.

Investigating 'Farscape' Summary

Investigating 'Farscape': Uncharted Territories of Sex and Science Fiction by Jes Battis

My name is John Crichton. 'I'm lost'. An astronaut. Shot through a wormhole. In some distant part of the universe. 'I'm trying to stay alive'. Aboard this ship. 'This living ship'. Of escaped prisoners. During its fourth and - for the present - final season, Farscape was the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated original series. With its dedicated fan-base, Farscape seasons are still top-billing Sci-Fi DVDs. This first proper analysis of the show, written by a scholar-fan, uncovers Farscape's layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. Jes Battis proposes that Farscape is as much about bodies, sex and gender, as it is about wormholes, space ships and interstellar warfare. It is this straddling of genres that makes the show so viewable to such a broad audience, of which almost half are women. He explores Farscape's language and characters, including Moya, its creation of 'family and home', of masculinity and femininity, and the transformation of an all-American boy.

About Jes Battis

Ph.D. student, Department of English, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Author of 'Blood Relations': Chosen Families in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Angel' (2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Nightmares and Wonders: A Critical Introduction to Farscape 1. Prisoners and Friends: the people of Farscape 2. Frell Me Dead, you're totally Fahrbot: Language-Power and Language-Play in Farscape 3. Moya: Births, Biomechanoids, and Living Homes 4. Alien Masculinities, Alienated Desires: Crichton, D'Argo and Scorpius 5. Nobody's Trowk, Nobody's Soldier: Aeryn, Chiana, and the Uncharted (Feminine) Territories 6. 'Point it like a gun and shoot' - Bodies and Biological Narratives 7. One Nation Under Moya: Farscape and Imperialism Farscape Lexicon Notes Bibliography Index

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GOR002348530
9781845113421
184511342X
Investigating 'Farscape': Uncharted Territories of Sex and Science Fiction by Jes Battis
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2007-03-30
256
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