Living with Star Trek : American culture and the Star Trek universe /: American culture and the Star Trek universe. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: American culture and the Star Trek universe
• Further Information: Note: Lincoln Geraghty.
• Other Names: Geraghty, Lincoln, 1977-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in USA by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
• Subjects: 302.2340973; Star Trek television programs -- Social aspects -- United States; Star Trek films -- Social aspects -- United States; Star Trek fiction -- Social aspects -- United States; Science fiction fans -- United States; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies; Science fiction fans; Science fiction-films; Sociale aspecten; United States; Verenigde Staten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781435603738; 1435603737; 9780857714459; 0857714457; 1845112652; 9781845112653
• Related ISBNs: 9781845114213; 1845114213; 9781845112653; 1845112652
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-222) and index.; Note: Includes filmography.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.