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Star trek and history : race-ing toward a white future
- Title
- Star trek and history : race-ing toward a white future / Daniel Leonard Bernardi.
- Author
- Bernardi, Daniel, 1964-
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.S694 B37 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Star Trek and History examines the representational and narrative functions of race in Star Trek and explores how the meaning of race in the science fiction series has been facilitated and constrained by creative and network decision-making, by genre, by intertextuality, and by the audience.
- The author interprets how the changing social and political movements of the times have influenced the production and meaning of Trek texts and the ways in which the ongoing series negotiated and reflected these turbulent histories. Most significantly, he tells us why is it important for readers to better understand the articulation of race in this enduring icon of American popular culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Filmography: p. [209]-231.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Meaning of Race in the Generation of Star Trek: Where No Text Has Gone Before -- 2. The Original Star Trek: Liberal-Humanist Projects and Diegetic Logics -- 3. Trek on the Silver Screen: White Future-Time as the Final Frontier -- 4. The Next Generation: Toward a Neoconservative Play -- 5. Reading Race: Trekking through Cyberspace on STREK-L -- 6. Epilogue: Resisting the Race Toward a White Future.
- ISBN
- 0813524652 (alk. paper)
- 0813524660 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97017665
- OCLC
- ocm37043836
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries