| 'Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations': The Multicultural Evolution of Star Trek Contributor(s): Kanzler, Katja (Author) |
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ISBN: 3825315576 ISBN-13: 9783825315573 Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter OUR PRICE: $43.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - Guides & Reviews - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Series: American Studies - A Monograph |
| Physical Information: 263 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its first appearance on the small screen in 1966, the multimedia franchise Star Trek has attracted an unprecedented fan-following in the U.S. and beyond. For many viewers, it has been Star Trek's ostensible representation of a multicultural utopia that fascinated them. This book seeks to elucidate the semiotics of Star Trek's popular multiculturalism. Engaging Cultural Studies and American Studies theory, the book proceeds from a discussion of Star Trek's self-fashioning as a multicultural 'vision, ' to readings of its changing articulations of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual difference, and concludes with case studies of two fan-communities' creative appropriations of Star Trek's promise of an egalitarian future |