Overview

After they are pulled 70,000 light-years away from Alpha Quadrant, the captain and crew of Star Trek: Voyager must travel homeward while exploring new challenges to their relationships, views of others, and themselves. As the first extended, critical study dedicated to Star Trek: Voyager, this book examines how the series uses the physical distance from the crew's home quadrant and the effect this has on the dynamics among community formation, self-creation and a sense of place. Chapters cover topics such as time travel, leadership models, interspecies relationships, the impact of trauma, models of self-creation and individuality, environmental influences on groups and individuals, memory, nostalgia, and how spiritual experiences affect people. The holographic Doctor and the former Borg, Seven of Nine, stand out as complex and boundary-stretching figures.

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Author:   Susan M. Bernardo
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Volume:   79
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781476667713

ISBN 10:   1476667713
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   20 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Shaping the Self through Memory, Narrative, and Love Chapter One. Memory and Identity: Reading Minds and Replacing Narratives Chapter Two. Programming Love, Art, and Loyalties: The Case of the Doctor Chapter Three. Alien Attraction and Interspecies Romance Part II: Examining the Past and Re-Creating the Self Chapter Four. Trauma, Disability, and Seven of Nine: Working through the Past and Imagining the Future Chapter Five. “I did not experience that timeline”: Time Travel and the Importance of Community Chapter Six. From Ray-Guns to Costume Drama on the Holodeck: Technology, Nostalgia, and Losing Control Part III: Community, Environments, and the Self Chapter Seven. The Borg Collective and the Voyager Family: Building Communities Chapter Eight. Redefining Leadership and Alliances Chapter Nine. “There’s Coffee in That Nebula”: Energy, Exigency, and Ecosystems Chapter Ten. Spiritual Encounters in the Delta Quadrant Afterword. Star Trek: Discovery: Hybridity, Environments, and Multiverses List of Episodes Bibliography Index

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Susan M. Bernardo is a professor emerita at Wagner College. She lives in Glen Gardner, New Jersey.

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