Star Trek as myth : essays on symbol and archetype at the final frontier / edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell.
Kapell, Matthew.
2010
PN1992.8.S74 S7275 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Star Trek as myth : essays on symbol and archetype at the final frontier / edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell.
ISBN 9780786447244 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786447249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
Language English
Description x, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PN1992.8.S74 S7275 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.45/75
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Kapell, Matthew.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Introduction: The signifcance of the Star Trek mythos / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
Star Trek as myth and television as mythmaker / Wm. Blake Tyrell
A structuralist appreciation of Star Trek / Peter J. Claus
Some implications of the mythology in Star Trek / C. Scott Littleton
Star Trek: American dream, myth and reality / Ace G. Pilkington
Speakers for the dead: Star Trek, the Holocaust, and the representation of atrocity / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell
"Every old trick is new again": Myth in quotations and the Star Trek franchise / Djoymi Baker
Star Trek as American monomyth / John Shelton Lawrence
The Sisko, the Christ: A comparison of messiah figures in the Star Trek universe and the New Testament / Jeffery S. Lamp
Course in federation linguistics / Richard R. Jones
Evocations and evasions of archetypal lesbian love in Star Trek: Voyager / Roger Kaufman
The Protestant ethic and the spirit of Surak: Star Trek: Enterprise, anti-Catholicism and the Vulcan Reformation / Jennifer E. Porter
A vision of a time and place: Spiritual humanism and the utopian impulse / Bruce Isaacs
The Kirk doctrine: The care and repair of archetypal heroic leadership in J.J Abrams' Star Trek / Stephen McVeigh
Conclusion: The hero with a thousand red shirts / Matthew Wilhelm Kapell.

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