Starbuck as 'American Amazon': Captivity narrative and the colonial imagination in <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>
2010; Liverpool University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/sff.0.0091
ISSN1754-3789
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoThe new Battlestar Galactica (2003–9) reconfigures images of the woman soldier in relation toa distinctly American colonial imagination. Battlestar Galactica rejects the popular damsel-in-distressnarrative attached to such woman soldiers as Jessica Lynch by representing womenas capable of both violence and nurturing. By placing characters such as Starbuck in captivity,however, the show also reinscribes colonial narratives about the threat posed to civilisationby males who are racially and religiously 'other'. In addition, Starbuck's transformation into asupernatural guide in the final season limits the subversive potential of the character: she isno longer a powerful human woman, but instead becomes an agent for reinforcing colonialfantasies about human development.
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