Jutta Wimmler

Religious Science Fiction in Battlestar Galactica and Caprica

Women as Mediators of the Sacred and Profane

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Produktbeschreibung

Why did it seem strange when Battlestar Galactica ended its narrative on a religious note instead of providing a scientific explanation? And what does this have to do with gender? This book explores the connection between the triumph of religion and the dominance of femininity in Battlestar Galactica and its prequel series Caprica. Both series breached science fiction's convention of representing the "irrationality" of femininity and religion. Analyzing the connections (and disconnections) between women and men, and theology and technology, the author argues that the "Battlestarverse" depicts women as zones of contact between the seemingly contradictory spheres of science and religion by simultaneously employing and breaking gender stereotypes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781476662534
• ISBN-10: 1476662533
• Artikelnr.: 42953425

Autorenporträt

Jutta Wimmler is a historian and scholar of religion at the European-University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany. Her research on religion and popular culture has been published in the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete
ix Introduction delete
1 1.
Religious Science Fiction delete
9 2.
Saviors: Women Bring Salvation delete
34 3.
With God's Voice: Angels and Prophets delete
56 4.
The Religious Machine delete
78 5.
"Fallen" Women: Razors and Delusions delete
101 6.
Men Without God(s) delete
123 7.
Violence and Crisis: Religious Men delete
145 8.
The Ambiguity of Dr. Baltar delete
167 Conclusion delete
185 Episode Guide delete
191 Chapter Notes delete
195 Bibliography delete
199 Index delete
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