This book is a welcome and original contribution to the world of 'Star Trek.' The book not only sets 'Star Trek' in dialogue with ideas and stories of utopia, community, self-improvement, that are central to American culture and history, but goes further to examine the complex ways in which these are taken up and used by 'ordinary' fans, who engage with 'Star Trek' in complex and significant ways. Lincoln Geraghty explores, for example, 'Star Trek's multiple histories and how 'Star Trek' and the American Jeremiad, one of the nation's foundational texts, refer back to the past to prophesy a better future. He reveals how fans define the series as a blueprint for the solution of such social problems in America as racism and war and shows how they have used the series to cope with personal trauma and such characters as Data and Seven of Nine in moments of personal transformation. This is all in all a revelatory and original book on 'Star Trek' as both TV and cinema.
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Lincoln Geraghty is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies in the Department of Creative Arts, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth.
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The many interpretations of Star Trek's meanings have themselves merged into a very diverse and flexible framework within which students and academics can dip for reference. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Star Trek, Galaxy Quest, Star Wars, American Jeremiad, Captain Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, The Simpsons, The Next Generation, The Undiscovered Country, Pierre Kirk, Captain Janeway, First Contact, New World, The Motion Picture, Henry Jenkins, Vivian Sobchack, Daniel Bernardi, New York, Native Americans, Brent Spiner, Gerald Gurian, Klingon Death Howl, Prime Directive, Jay Goulding, Puritan Jeremiad Browse Sample Pages:
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The many interpretations of Star Trek's meanings have themselves merged into a very diverse and flexible framework within which students and academics can dip for reference. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Star Trek, Galaxy Quest, Star Wars, American Jeremiad, Captain Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, The Simpsons, The Next Generation, The Undiscovered Country, Pierre Kirk, Captain Janeway, First Contact, New World, The Motion Picture, Henry Jenkins, Vivian Sobchack, Daniel Bernardi, New York, Native Americans, Brent Spiner, Gerald Gurian, Klingon Death Howl, Prime Directive, Jay Goulding, Puritan Jeremiad Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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