Title:
Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek : the original cast adventures / edited by Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode.
Author:
Brode, Douglas, 1943- editor.
Brode, Shea T., 1984- editor.
Publication Information:
Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Call Number:
PN1992.77 .S73 G46 2015
Abstract:
Featuring a racially diverse cast, trips to exotic planets, and encounters with an array of alien beings, Star Trek opened up new vistas for television. The original series was a modest success-- but the afterlife has been nothing less than a cultural phenomenon. This collection of essays offers new insights into the original show and the movies, and explain why it is considered one of the most influential programs in history.
Title Subject:
ISBN:
9781442249875
Physical Description:
xxv, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Trek, generic transgression, artistic appropriation, and the western/sci-fi continuum / Douglas Brode -- "Wagon train to the stars": Star trek, the western frontier, and American values / John Wills -- Of television in the 1960s: Star trek, Vietnam, and the transformation of the United States / H. Bruce Franklin -- From Milton to Roddenberry: structural parallels between Star trek II: The wrath of Khan and Paradise lost / Shari Hodges Holt -- Boldly unruly: Star trek in play / Scott Duchesne -- Warp speed: the physics of Star trek / Philip Kesten -- From the United States to the Federation of Planets: Star trek and the globalization of American culture / Lane Crothers -- Minimalist interiors/imagined exteriors: spatial complexity in the Star trek saga / Mervyn Nicholson -- Decaying orbits: men, women and fears of extinction in Star trek / Ina Rae Hark -- "The matter of gender": "Metamorphosis," women, romance, and the queerness of desire / David Greven -- Captain Kirk 4-ever: William Shatner as romantic object / Victoria Amador -- Pragmatism and meaning: assessing the message of Star trek / Anne Collins Smith and Owen M. Smith -- Belief systems in Star trek: secular humanism, traditional religion, and cultural imperialism / Sara Boslaugh -- "What does a starship want with God?": divinization, deicide, and the reaffirmation of faith in Star trek I-VI / Michael Smith -- Always bring phasers to an animated canon fight: Saturday morning's animated Trek adventures / David S. Silverman -- The audience as auteur: women, Star trek, and "vidding" / Francesca Coppa -- Sarek's tears: classical music, Star trek, and the exportation of culture / Daniel Sheridan -- Authorial primacy and literary adaptation: Star trek and William Shatner's "Captain's trilogy" / Alexis Finnerty.
