Gender and sexuality in Star Trek
Subtitle: allegories of desire in the television series and films
By: David Greven.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786444137
Subjects: Star trek (Television program); Sex role on television; Homosexuality on television; Sex on television; Star Trek films -- History and criticism; Sex role in motion pictures; Homosexuality in motion pictures; Sex in motion pictures
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Star Trek, gender, race, allegory, and desire; title: Lonely planets : original Star Trek, the male gaze, and the allegorization of desire; title: Futures end : Star Trek allegory and the representation of queer characters; title: Projecting desire : holograms, artists, and gay male allegory; title: Queering gender : Voyager's Neelix as the male mother; title: The seething skin : Star Trek, masculinity, and race; title: The twilight of identity : Enterprise, neoconservatism, and the death of Star Trek; title: White whales : rage and masculinity in Star Trek II : The wrath of Khan and Star Trek : first contact; title: An epic for women : Star Trek : Voyager's "dark frontier"; title: The echo over the voice : Star Trek : nemesis and patriarchal narcissism; title: Afterword : J.J. Abrams and the fate of Trek.