Jes Battis proposes that Farscape is as much about bodies, sex and gender, as it is about wormholes, space ships and interstellar warfare. This first substantial analysis of the show, written by a scholar fan, uncovers Farscape’s layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. With its dedicated fan base, Farscape seasons are still top billing Sci Fi DVDs. Of escaped prisoners.’ During its fourth and for the present final season, Farscape was the Sci Fi Channel’s highest rated original series. Through eight chapters addressing various family-related aspects within both shows, this work plots the trajectory of this unstable notion of family, even as it is transformed, remediated, and rendered unrecognizable from a ‘family values’ perspective by the unique and supernatural relationships that proliferate in Buffy and Angel. It also examines the ‘chosen family’ an idea marketed specifically by successful programs such as Friends and Sex in the City within the past ten years, juxtaposing it against various images of the fractured biological family displayed in both Buffy and Angel. What does ‘family’ encompass within these two series? How does it relate to concepts of gender, sexuality, power and the supernatural as they emerge from the shows’ complex narratives? This book explores such questions.

This work argues that what makes these characters enduring and engaging is their critical family connections-for their most involved struggles occur not within the graveyard, but around the dinner table, just as the most challenging adversarial forces that they must face are not demons or vampires but the stuff of everyday life. Indeed, their coherence depends on the establishment of nontraditional families that admit vampires, demons, witches, werewolves, and other bizarre characters without censuring them for their peculiarities. He explores 'e Farscape's'e language and characters, including Moya, its creation of 'family and home', of masculinity and femininity, and the transformation of an all-American boy.The television series Buffy and Angel revolve around radical conceptions of family. It is this straddling of genres that makes the show so viewable to such a broad audience, of which almost half are women.

Jes Battis proposes that 'e Farscape'e is as much about bodies, sex and gender, as it is about wormholes, space ships and interstellar warfare. This first proper analysis of the show, written by a scholar-fan, uncovers 'e Farscape's'e layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. With its dedicated fan-base, 'e Farscape'e seasons are still top-billing Sci-Fi DVDs. Of escaped prisoners.'e During its fourth and - for the present - final season, 'e Farscape'e was the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated original series.

Investigating Farscape by Jes Battis