Star trek /

"From a decidedly inauspicious start as a low-rated television series in the 1960s that was cancelled after three seasons, Star Trek has grown to become a multi-billion-dollar industry of spin-off series, feature films and merchandise. Fuelling the ever-expanding franchise are some of the most...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Drushel, Bruce E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Chicago, IL : Intellect Books ; The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Series:Fan phenomena.
Subjects:
Star trek (Television program)
Fans (Persons)
Television programs > Social aspects.
Popular culture.
Émissions télévisées > Aspect social.
Culture populaire.
popular culture.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the exemplar of fan culture?
  • Live long and prosper: how fans made Star trek a cultural phenomenon
  • Not your daddy's Star trek: rebooting a franchise and rewriting a fandom
  • A utopia denied: star trek and its queer fans
  • Live performance and Star trek fan culture
  • Assimilate this! Computer-mediated communication and Star trek fan culture
  • Lost in orbit: satellite Star trek fans
  • Star trek fans as parody: fans mocking other fans
  • Lieutenant Sulu's facebook: 'Professor' Takei and the social networking classroom
  • The Borg: fan pariah or cultural pillar?

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