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Drones, Clones, and Alpha Babes : Retrofitting Star Trek's Humanism, Post -9/11 - Diana M.A. Relke

Drones, Clones, and Alpha Babes

Retrofitting Star Trek's Humanism, Post -9/11

By: Diana M.A. Relke

Paperback | 19 April 2006

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The Star Trek franchise represents one of the most successful emanations of popular media in our culture. The number of books, both popular and scholarly, published on the subject of Star Trek is massive, with more and more titles printed every year. Very few, however, have looked at Star Trek in terms of the dialectics of humanism and the posthuman, the pervasiveness of advanced technology, and the complications of gender identity.

In Drones, Clones and Alpha Babes, Diana Relke sheds light on how the Star Trek narratives influence and are influenced by shifting cultural values in the United States, using these as portals to the sociopolitical and sociocultural landscapes of the United States, pre- and post-9/11.

From her Canadian perspective, Relke focuses on Star Trek's uniquely American version of liberal humanism, extends it into a broader analysis of ideological features, and avoids a completely positive or negative critique, choosing instead to honour the contradictions inherent in the complexity of the subject.

Industry Reviews
Sharp and engaging . . . Relke takes a detailed and intelligent approach to Star Trek Duncan Barrett, University of Toronto Quarterly

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