STARGATE ATLANTIS: Islandness in the Pegasus Galaxy.

This paper explores how 'islandness' is constructed within the science fiction television program, Stargate Atlantis. While fictional, considering the Atlantis of Stargate offers the opportunity to examine what islandness may be like outside the physical, technical and social parameters of Earth; an...

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Publicado en:Shima Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 36 - 50
Autor principal: MacKinnon, Sarah R.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Philip Hayward 2016
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