Aliens: Narrating U.S. Global Identity Through Transnational Adoption and Interracial Marriage in Battlestar Galactica

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-465

  Nishime, LeiLani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian migration; Battlestar Galactica; Globalization; Television; Transnational adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859350535     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2010.518620     Document Type: Article

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