Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica

Brief Description: Cylons in America is the first collection of critical studies of Battlestar Galactica (its 2003 miniseries, and the ongoing 2004 television series), examining its place within popular culture and its engagement with contemporary American society. Review Quotes: "The collection engages and impresses with the acuity of its insights." Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary MediaBiographical Note: Tiffany Potter, teaching in the Department of English, University of British Columbia, and holding a PhD in English Literature, focuses her research on cultural studies, with emphases on colonial and post-colonialism, feminism, the history of sexuality, and the historical literatures of anthropology and race. She has published extensively in many journals, including Early American Literature. C. W. Marshall is an Associate Professor of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, with a PhD in Classics and a post-graduate diploma in Christian Studies, in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia. Having published on the conventions of heroism from Greek tragedy to Buffy the Vampire Slayer," he brings to this project an understanding of the foundations of Western mythic and narrative patternsMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.

Contributor Bio:  Potter, Tiffany Tiffany Potter teaches eighteenth-century British and American literature at the University of British Columbia. Her most recent book is the edited collection Women, Popular Culture, and the Eighteenth Century. Contributor Bio:  Marshall, C W C. W. Marshall is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and author of "The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy" (2006, Choice outstanding academic title 2007).