Introduction : Star Trek, gender, race, allegory, and desire -- Lonely planets : original Star Trek, the male gaze, and the allegorization of desire -- Futures end : Star Trek allegory and the representation of queer characters -- Projecting desire : holograms, artists, and gay male allegory -- Queering gender : Voyager's Neelix as the male mother -- The seething skin : Star Trek, masculinity, and race -- The twilight of identity : Enterprise, neoconservatism, and the death of Star Trek -- White whales : rage and masculinity in Star Trek II : The wrath of Khan and Star Trek : first contact -- An epic for women : Star Trek : Voyager's "dark frontier" -- The echo over the voice : Star Trek : nemesis and patriarchal narcissism -- Afterword : J.J. Abrams and the fate of Trek.
Summary:
"Topics include the 1960s original's deconstruction of the male gaze and the traditional assumptions of male visual mastery; constructions of femininity in Star Trek: Voyager, particularly in the relationship between Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine; and the ways in which Star Trek: Enterprise's adoption of neoconservative politics may have led to its commercial and aesthetic failure"--Provided by publisher.
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