Feminist Science Fiction Utopia and Stargate: SG-1 : “I Doubt Very Much Colonel Carter Has Even Scratched the Surface of What is Possible”.

The article examines the role of women scientists in the television program "Stargate: SG-1". According to the authors, the program combines tropes of feminist utopian science fiction with depictions of real-life conditions in the United States Air Force (USAF) to present a feminist critique of the...

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Published in:Women's Studies Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 18 - 36
Main Authors: MILLWARD, LIZ, DODD, JANICEG.
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan/Feb2012
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        Stargate: SG-1 (TV program)
        Women in science
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        Women on television
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