- 256 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
"My name is John Crichton. 'I'm lost'. An astronaut. Shot through a wormhole. In some distant part of the universe. 'I'm trying to stay alive'. Aboard this ship. 'This living ship'. Of escaped prisoners." During its fourth and - for the present - final season, "Farscape" was the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated original series. With its dedicated fan-base, "Farscape" seasons are still top-billing Sci-Fi DVDs. This first proper analysis of the show, written by a scholar-fan, uncovers "Farscape's" layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. Jes Battis proposes that "Farscape" is as much about bodies, sex and gender, as it is about wormholes, space ships and interstellar warfare. It is this straddling of genres that makes the show so viewable to such a broad audience, of which almost half are women. He explores "Farscape's" language and characters, including Moya, its creation of 'family and home', of masculinity and femininity, and the transformation of an all-American boy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Nightmares and Wonders: A Critical Introduction to 'Farscape'
- 1. Prisoners and Friends: The People of 'Farscape'
- 2. Moya: Births, Biomechanoids, and Companion Species
- 3. Alien Masculinities, Alienated Desires: Crichton, D'Argo, and Scorpius
- 4. Tralks, Teachers and Soldiers: 'Farscape' and the Uncharted Territories of the Feminine
- 5. 'Point it Like a Gun and Shoot': Bodies and Biological Narratives
- 6. Frell Me Dead, You're Totally Fahrbot: Language-Power and Language-Play in 'Farscape'
- 7. One Nation Under Moya: Alienation and Imperialism in 'Farscape'
- 'Farscape' Lexicon
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index