In an era of reboots, restarts and retreads, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek trilogy has brought the franchise to a new generation and perfected a process central to entertainment media: reinvigorating the beloved classic. This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of Star Trek filmmakers.
In an era of reboots, restarts and retreads, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek trilogy has brought the franchise to a new generation and perfected a process central to entertainment media: reinvigorating the beloved classic. This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of Star Trek filmmakers.
Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York. The late Ace G. Pilkington was a professor of English and history at Dixie State University. He was the author or editor of eight books and had published more than 100 articles, reviews, short stories and poems.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward a "Many Texts" Theory of the Star Trek Multiverse (Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Ace G. Pilkington) A Switch in Time: Nero's Disruptive Trickster Force in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (Sarah Beth Kiliman) Khanned: Whitewashing Khan in Star Trek into Darkness (Lynnette Porter) Race, the Final Frontier: Star Trek, Trump and Hollywood's Diversity Problem (Penelope Ingram) Star Trek into Colonialism (Bart Bishop) Uhura and Linguistics of Star Trek (Olga A. Pilkington) All Talk and No Action: What's a Girl Gotta Do to Get Noticed Around Here? (Teresa Cutler-Broyles) "Throw a punch and kiss a girl": Gender and Sexualization in the Kelvin Timeline (Andrea Whitacre) Science Fiction and the New Trek Timeline (Ace G. Pilkington) Priming the Multiverse: Contextualizing the Kelvin Timeline Through Gene Roddenberry's Original Narrative (Jessica Sellin-Blanc) Illegible and Unacceptable Representation: The Liminality of Spock in Star Trek (2009) (Natashia Lindsey) James T. Kirk, Ideal Citizen: Shifting Rhetoric for a New Timeline (Cait Coker) Conclusion: Is There a Future for Star Trek? (Ace G. Pilkington and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell) About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward a "Many Texts" Theory of the Star Trek Multiverse (Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Ace G. Pilkington) A Switch in Time: Nero's Disruptive Trickster Force in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (Sarah Beth Kiliman) Khanned: Whitewashing Khan in Star Trek into Darkness (Lynnette Porter) Race, the Final Frontier: Star Trek, Trump and Hollywood's Diversity Problem (Penelope Ingram) Star Trek into Colonialism (Bart Bishop) Uhura and Linguistics of Star Trek (Olga A. Pilkington) All Talk and No Action: What's a Girl Gotta Do to Get Noticed Around Here? (Teresa Cutler-Broyles) "Throw a punch and kiss a girl": Gender and Sexualization in the Kelvin Timeline (Andrea Whitacre) Science Fiction and the New Trek Timeline (Ace G. Pilkington) Priming the Multiverse: Contextualizing the Kelvin Timeline Through Gene Roddenberry's Original Narrative (Jessica Sellin-Blanc) Illegible and Unacceptable Representation: The Liminality of Spock in Star Trek (2009) (Natashia Lindsey) James T. Kirk, Ideal Citizen: Shifting Rhetoric for a New Timeline (Cait Coker) Conclusion: Is There a Future for Star Trek? (Ace G. Pilkington and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell) About the Contributors Index
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