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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Reading Stargate SG-1

edited by Stan Beeler & Lisa Dickson

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Initial publish date
Jul 2006
Category
History & Criticism
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781845111830
    Publish Date
    Jul 2006
    List Price
    $26.5

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Description

Stargate SG-1 premiered in 1997 and over the course of eight seasons, the show has developed its own unique mythological superstructure. It has blossomed into a series driven by fierce fan loyalty, with lively Internet discussion groups, the proliferation of "textual poaching" in fan fiction and art, and popular annual conventions. This book is a lively critical celebration of bothStargate and its spinoff,Atlantis. Its characters, themes, representations of sexuality and "otherness" are discussed, along with its interaction with fan fiction, its locations in Canada, its ideological framing of an American point-of-view, and tensions between its humanistic morality and military/political objectives in the shows' plots. There is also assessment of the currently fledgling Stargate: Atlantis. Written for both fans and scholars, the book also includes an episode guide to the first eight seasons ofStargate SG-1.

About the authors

Stan Beeler's profile page

Lisa Dickson is a 3M National Teaching Fellow and a full professor of early modern literature and literary theory at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Lisa Dickson's profile page