Title:
The Star Trek universe : franchising the final frontier / edited by Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode.
Author:
Brode, Douglas, 1943- editor.
Brode, Shea T., 1984- editor.
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Call Number:
PN1992.8.S74 S76 2015
Abstract:
A collection of essays examining the many incarnations that have arisen since the original program concluded its run in 1969. They consider the four television shows; literature, toys, games; and the motion pictures. Also addressed are how race, gender, and sexuality have been addressed over the years.
ISBN:
9781442249851
Physical Description:
xxv, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Gene Roddenberry's creation as an abiding pop culture phenomenon / Douglas Brode -- Supernatural Star trek?: Star trek and the re-enchantment of the world / Murray Leeder -- Holodeck history: past, present, and future on the final frontier / Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper -- Star trek and the information age: how the franchise imagined/inspired future technologies / Anthony Rotolo -- Forward to the past: miscegenation constructs in the Star trek mythos / Denise Allesandria Hurd -- Science fiction as social consciousness: race, gender, and sexuality in Star trek: the next generation / Brian L. Ott and Eric Aoki -- Radically performing the Borg?: gender identity and narratology in Star trek / Tama Leaver -- Manifest destiny to the stars: new frontiers, old colonialism, and Borg assimilation / Lynette Russell and Nathan Wolski -- Resistance is futile: cyborgs, humanism, and the Borg / David J. Gunkel -- Shakespeare in space: a Trek toward plurality / Melanie Lörke -- Toward a non-dystopian future: romance and realism in Star trek: the next generation / Rebecca Barrilleaux -- Enjoying an "original relation to the universe": Star trek: the next generation and Emersonian transcendentalism / April Selley -- Adaptive harmonics: Star trek's universe and galaxy of games / Douglas Brown -- The making of a Star trek video game: Voyager--Elite Force and creative collaboration / Brian Pelletier -- Plastic bodies and lost accessories: The Next generation action figures in relation to their TV origins / Jonathan Alexandratos -- Fantastic licensing: the ongoing mission of Trek comic books / Stefan Hall -- Help when times are hard: bereavement and Star trek fan letters / Lincoln Geraghty -- Rebooting Utopia: reimaging Star trek in post-9/11 America / Norma Jones.
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