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  Whiteness and Transcultural Sketch Comedy

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  Walter Metz Montana State University

  March 07, 2007

  Captain "Kork" (Christian Tramitz) orders Mr. Sulu (portrayed as an over-the-top Asian ...
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  (Nu)Trek: Race, Gender, and Fans

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  Carey Millsap-Spears Moraine Valley Community College

  February 08, 2024

  Black people or Asian people in space!’” (qtd in Miller). The idea that people of color—exist—in the ...
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  Enterprising Parody?

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  October 17, 2017

  franchise, Discovery. Which leads us to the question, is it possible, even preferable, for a series to grow ...
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  Homo-Sapiens Only? Known Unknowns and Other Minds Beyond the Human

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  Nathanael Bassett University of Illinois at Chicago

  January 05, 2017

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  risks and map out possible futures. Technology is no instrumental actor, but a partner sometimes equally ...
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  Star Trek, Fandom, and Mythos: The Themed Convention

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  Daryl G. Frazetti Western Nevada College

  September 09, 2010

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  in the myth.   Despite this, it is possible to identify core meanings in Star Trek.   The utopian ...
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  Star Trek and the future of male friendship

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  Deanna Smid Brandon University

  January 04, 2017

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  Star Trek and the future of male friendship Star Trek sexuality masculinity friendship Curator's Note In Manhood in America: A Cultural History, Michael Kimmel does not forget Star Trek, for it “reveal[s], perhaps more clearly, if unintentionally, th ...
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  Myth, Ritual, and People Who Love Star Trek

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  Curtis Webster Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

  September 06, 2010

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  Myth, Ritual, and People Who Love Star Trek Star Trek ritual myth Curator's Note What is it about Star Trek? Why are Trek fans so obsessive about the universe that Roddenberry built? The popular media would have you believe that Trek fans are a cultu ...
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  “Us”- a multivid by Lim

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  February 01, 2008

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  “Us”- a multivid by Lim V for Vendetta Star Trek Lim fannish engagement fandom fan vids editing affect Curator's Note /we’re living in a den of thieves Lim’s vid thematizes and illustrates how media fans engage with texts—not only the intense love fa ...