Space, the Feminist Frontier

Essays on Sex and Gender in Star Trek
Herausgeber: Garlen, Jennifer C.; Graham, Anissa M.

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Produktbeschreibung

"For nearly 60 years, Star Trek has imagined humanity's future while reflecting its present. Star Trek: The Original Series debuted with three male leads, but in the wake of a Trek renaissance that began with Star Trek: Discovery in 2017, additional series have explored the frontiers of representation, making the present moment ripe for new critical engagement and thoughtful reflection on the narratives that have shaped the journey thus far. Using the lens of feminist criticism and theory, this collection of essays presents a diverse array of academic and fan scholars engaging with the past, present, and future of Star Trek. Contributors consider issues like Klingon marriage, Majel Barrett's legacy, the Bechdel-Wallace test, LGBTQ+ representation, and more. They offer updated readings on legacy characters while also addressing wholly new characters like Michael Burnham, Beckett Mariner, and Adira Tal. Their essays provide some of the first critical examinations of the newest additions to the Trek franchise, including Picard, Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781476693347
• ISBN-10: 147669334X
• Artikelnr.: 71640931

Autorenporträt

Jennifer C. Garlen is an independent scholar in Huntsville, Alabama, where she teaches courses on literature, film, and popular culture for lifetime learning programs. Anissa M. Graham is a senior lecturer in the English department at the University of North Alabama where she teaches courses in writing and literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Dispatches from the Feminist Frontier
Jennifer C. Garlen and Anissa M. Graham
I. The Motherland: Matriarchs and Legacies
Female Power and Femininity in Majel Barrett's Star Trek Characters
A.V. Rasmussen
"Are we ready or not?" Names and the Journey of Number
Carey Millsap-Spears
How Nichelle Nichols' Uhura Inspired the African American Female Character
in Science Fiction
Sidney Blaylock, Jr.
Amanda Grayson and Interracial Mothering
Anissa M. Graham
II. Voyagers and Discoverers: The Next Generations
Resistance to Progress Is Futile: Feminism, Gender, and Seven of Nine
Holly Eva Allen
Gender, Marriage, and Remaining Klingon in "You Are Cordially Invited"
Zara T. Wilkinson
Michael Burnham and Intersectionality in Star Trek: Discovery
Janine Engelbrecht
Seven of Nine's Return in Picard: Reidentifying and Reclaiming Humanity
Through Hybridity
Bryana Fern
Parity and Parody on Lower Decks
Jennifer C. Garlen
III. Women's Worlds: Female Experience and Representation
The Bechdel-Wallace Test Meets the Final Frontier
Jarrah Hodge
Lasting Images: Dr. Leah Brahms and the "Illusory Women" of Star Trek
Jacob Adler
Race, Gender, and "Nice Hispanic Girl" Imaginations in Star Trek
Brenda Selena Lara
Dealing with Trauma: The Feminist Progression of Suffering in Star Trek
Judith Clemens-Smucker
IV. New Frontiers: Beyond the Binary Boundary
Only a Link in a Chain: The Queer Lives of Joined Trill
Dylan Reid Miller
The Evolution of Non-Binary Characters from The Next Generation to
Discovery
Finnian Burnett
Through a Glass Darkly: Queer and Queer Coded Villains in the Mirror
Universe
Alison Waddy
Standing Up to Stigma: Destigmatizing the LGBTQ+ Experience in Star Trek:
Enterprise
Zachary Kacmarynski and Darsa Donelan
Appendix A: Star Trek Television Series and Films in Chronological Order
Appendix B: Star Trek Episodes and Films Cited by Essay
About the Contributors
Index