Living with Star Trek: American Culture and the Star Trek Universe

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Abstract Cover Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Living with Star Trek Part I: 'Carved from the rock experiences of our daily live': History, Myth and Star Trek's Exemplary Narratives' 1. A Look to the Past: Reality and Star Trek's Multiple Histories 2. Telling Tales of the Future: Star Trek's Exemplary Narratives 3. Creating and Comparing Myth: Star Trek and Star Wars 4. 'For we must Consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us': The American Jeremiad and Star Trek's Puritan Legacy Part II: A Network of Support: Identification and Emotion in Star Trek Fan Letters 5. 'A reason to live': Star Trek's Utopia and Social Change 6. Help When Times are Hard: Coping with Trauma through the Star Trek Community 7. The Pleasure of the Trek: Confessions of the Self-Improvement and Individualism Part III: Fans on Film: Explorations of the Future History and Star Trek Fan Culture 8. Poles Apart: Future Time, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise's 'Faith of the Heart' 9. 'Oh my God, it's real!': Crossing the Frontiers of Star Trek Fandom in Galaxy Quest Epilogue: Bringing the Memory to Life Notes Filmography Bibliography Index