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Star Trek

Parallel Narratives

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction: ‘to boldly go …’ — approaching the texts of Star Trek

  3. Star Trek, television and cinema

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-14
    2. Romance, isolation, return: Voyager

      • Chris Gregory
      Pages 90-101
  4. Star Trek, myth and ritual

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-104
    2. Ritual and relativism: Star Trek as cult

      • Chris Gregory
      Pages 105-113
  5. Psychological, political and social themes in Star Trek

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 197-225

About this book

In Star Trek Chris Gregory analyses the reasons for the continuing success of the Star Trek phenomenon, traces its overall development and comments on how the differences between 1990s and 1960s series reflect changes in the mass media environment during this period. He examines Star Trek as a series of generic and mythological texts, compares TV and filmed versions, explores its 'cult' appeal and looks in detail at its psychological, social and political themes.

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His discussion of the influence of the fan audience...and of Star Trek as cult phenomenon is particularly interesting. Science Fiction Studies

About the author

Chris Gregory teaches courses in film and media studies for the University of Lancaster.

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