2nd Edition

Star Trek The Human Frontier

By Duncan Barrett, Michèle Barrett Copyright 2017
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through the discovery of ‘strange new worlds’ in space. Throughout its fifty-year history, the ‘starry sea’ has provided a familiar backdrop to an ongoing interrogation of what it means to be human. This book charts the developing Star Trek story from the 1960s through... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction: Earthrise Part I: The Starry Sea Part II: Humanity on Trial Part III: The Post-modern Track Conclusion: Exhuming the Human Notes Bibliography Index

Biography

Michèle Barrett is Professor of Modern Literacy and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary University of London. Her books include Casualty Figures, The Politics of Truth, Imagination in Theory and the feminist classic Women’s Oppression Today.

Duncan Barrett is an internationally bestselling author of historical narrative nonfiction. His books include Men of Letters, The Sugar Girls, GI Brides and The Girls Who Went to War.