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Living with Star Trek: American Culture and the Star Trek Universe
Lincoln Geraghty
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Description for Living with Star Trek: American Culture and the Star Trek Universe
Hardback. A book on Star Trek" as both tv and cinema, it 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 also examines the complex ways in which these are taken up and used by ordinary fans, who engage with "Star Trek" in complex and significant ways. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; FLS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
There is a wealth of literature on "Star Trek", and this book is a welcome and original contribution to it. 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 ... Read more
There is a wealth of literature on "Star Trek", and this book is a welcome and original contribution to it. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845114213
SKU
V9781845114213
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Ref
99-5
About Lincoln Geraghty
Senior Lecturer in Film Studies in the Department of Creative Arts, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth.
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