"You Can Be More": Farscape, Melodrama, and Space Opera Revisited.

The science fiction television series Farscape (Syfy, 1999-2003) was notable f or its subversive blend of science fiction and soap opera conventions, which allowed the series to present as a complex study of gender and sexuality. However, small but overt elements serve to undermine the subtler femin...

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Publicado en:MOSF Journal of Science Fiction Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 84 - 96
Autor principal: Lavigne, Carlen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Museum of Science Fiction Nov2019
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