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Author Geraghty, Lincoln, 1977-

Title Living with Star Trek : American culture and the Star Trek universe / Lincoln Geraghty.

Publication Info. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in USA by Palgrave Macmillan, [2007]
©2007

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 Moore Stacks  PN1992.8.S74 G47 2006    Available  ---
Description viii, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-222) and index.
Includes filmography, pages 202-205.
Contents A look to the past: reality and Star trek's multiple histories -- Telling tales of the future: Star trek's examplary narratives -- Creating and comparing myth: Star trek and Star wars -- 'For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us': the American Jeremiad and Star trek's puritan legacy -- 'A reason to live': Star trek's utopia and social change -- Help when times are hard: coping with trauma through the Star trek community -- The pleasure of the trek: confessions of self-improvement and individualism -- Poles apart: future time, Deep space nine and Enterprise's 'faith of the heart' -- 'Oh my God, it's real!': crossing the frontiers of Star trek fandom in Galaxy quest.
Subject Star Trek television programs -- Social aspects -- United States.
Star Trek television programs.
Social aspects.
United States.
Star Trek films -- Social aspects -- United States.
Star Trek films.
Star Trek fiction -- Social aspects -- United States.
Star Trek fiction.
Genre/Form Star Trek fiction.
Subject Science fiction fans -- United States.
Science fiction fans.
Added Title American culture and the Star Trek universe
Other Form: Online version: Geraghty, Lincoln, 1977- Living with Star Trek. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2007 (OCoLC)654287545
ISBN 1845114213 hardback
9781845114213 hardback
1845112652 paperback
9781845112653 paperback