Fan phenomena : 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 rabid...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol : Chicago, IL :
Intellect ; University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Fan phenomena.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- FrontCover; Title; Copyright; 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?Editor and Contributor Biographies; Image Credits; BackCover