Imagining Imperial Futures: Colonization as the Solution for Urban Uncertainty in Battlestar Galactica.

In this essay, I argue that the American science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica (2003–2009) reflects uncertainty over survival in the urban present and in the near future, especially how humanity might survive in a closed system with no outside aid or resources. The Colonial Fleet hi...

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Published in:	Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 413 - 438
Main Author:	McKagen, E. Leigh
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Toronto Press Winter2020
Subjects:	Battlestar Galactica (TV program : 2003-2009) Science fiction television programs Imperialism on television Modernity World citizenship Apocalypse
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