Bibliograph

A different 'Trek', radical geographies of 'Deep space nine', David K. Seitz

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Label

A different 'Trek', radical geographies of 'Deep space nine', David K. Seitz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A different 'Trek'

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1346615585

Responsibility statement

David K. Seitz

Series statement

Cultural geographies + rewriting the earth

Sub title

radical geographies of 'Deep space nine'

Summary

"A different kind of Star Trek television series debuted in 1993. Deep Space Nine was set not on a starship but a space station near a postcolonial planet still reeling from a genocidal occupation. The crew was led by a reluctant Black American commander and an extraterrestrial first officer who had until recently been an anticolonial revolutionary. DS9 extended Star Trek's tradition of critical social commentary but did so by transgressing many of Star Trek's previous taboos, including religion, money, eugenics, and interpersonal conflict. DS9 imagined a twenty-fourth century that was less a glitzy utopia than a critical mirror of contemporary U.S. racism, capitalism, imperialism, and heteropatriarchy. Thirty years after its premiere, DS9 is beloved by critics and fans but remains marginalized in scholarly studies of science fiction. Drawing on cultural geography, Black studies, and feminist and queer studies, A Different "Trek" is the first scholarly monograph dedicated to a critical interpretation of DS9's allegorical world-building. If DS9 has been vindicated aesthetically, this book argues that its prophetic, place-based critiques of 1990s U.S. politics, which deepened the foundations of many of our current crises, have been vindicated politically, to a degree most scholars and even many fans have yet to fully appreciate"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: Beyond Uhura, "Beyond Vietnam" -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction: Reading Racial Capitalism from DS9 -- 1. The Radical Sisko -- 2. Cardassian Settler Colonialism and the Bajoran Struggle for Decolonization -- 3. Jem'Hadar Marronage and the Dominion "Order of Things" -- 4. Defetishizing the Ferengi -- 5. O'Brien Family Values -- 6. Empire's Queer Inheritances -- Conclusion: "This Darker Thing" -- Notes -- References -- Index

Target audience

adult

Classification

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