The Self and Community in Star Trek: Voyager: 79 (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 79) - Softcover

Susan M. Bernardo (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476667713 ISBN 13: 9781476667713

Publisher: McFarland, 2022

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476667713
• ISBN 13: 9781476667713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277