'Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations' - The Multicultural Evolution of Star Trek. Diss.

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.

Bisherige Forschungsschwerpunkte der Autorin:
Gender Studies, Popular Culture

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Katja Kanzler
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9783825315573
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-1557-3
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 215 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 416 g
• Series: American Studies / A Monograph Series; American Studies; American Studies - A Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Science Fiction-Film, Utopie, Phantastische Literatur, Populärkultur, Star Trek, Multikulturalität