Star Trek as myth
Subtitle: essays on symbol and archetype at the final frontier
By: edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell.
Contributors: Kapell, Matthew.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780786447244
Subjects: Star Trek television programs -- History and criticism; Myth on television
Description: "This collection of essays on Star Trek brings together perspectives from scholars in fields including film, anthropology, history, American studies and Biblical scholarship, and examines the symbolism, religious implications, heroic and gender archetypes, and lasting effects of the Star Trek 'mythscape'"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:  The signifcance of the Star Trek mythos / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell; title: Star Trek as myth and television as mythmaker / Wm. Blake Tyrell; title: A structuralist appreciation of Star Trek / Peter J. Claus; title: Some implications of the mythology in Star Trek / C. Scott Littleton; title: Star Trek:  American dream, myth and reality / Ace G. Pilkington; title: Speakers for the dead:  Star Trek, the Holocaust, and the representation of atrocity / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell; title: "Every old trick is new again":  Myth in quotations and the Star Trek franchise / Djoymi Baker; title: Star Trek as American monomyth / John Shelton Lawrence; title: The Sisko, the Christ:  A comparison of messiah figures in the Star Trek universe and the New Testament / Jeffery S. Lamp; title: Course in federation linguistics / Richard R. Jones; title: Evocations and evasions of archetypal lesbian love in Star Trek:  Voyager / Roger Kaufman; title: Protestant ethic and the spirit of Surak:  Star Trek:  Enterprise, anti-Catholicism and the Vulcan Reformation / Jennifer E. Porter; title: A vision of a time and place:  Spiritual humanism and the utopian impulse / Bruce Isaacs; title: Kirk doctrine:  The care and repair of archetypal heroic leadership in J.J Abrams' "Star Trek" / Stephen McVeigh; title: Conclusion:  The hero with a thousand red shirts / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell.