Aliens: Narrating U.S. Global Identity Through Transnational Adoption and Interracial Marriage in Battlestar Galactica.

Science fiction rewrites the conflict between self and Other as encounters between human and alien, providing an ideal generic cover for an exploration of the evolving role of the U.S. globally. The sci-fi television series, Battlestar Galactica, depicts the two most familiar tropes of the Asian int...

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Publicado en:Critical Studies in Media Communication Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 450 - 466
Autor principal: Nishime, LeiLani
Formato: Essay
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2011
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