Routledge Handbook of Star Trek

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek</em> offers a synoptic overview of Star Trek its history its influence and the scholarly response to the franchise as well as possibilities for further study. This volume aims to bridge the fields of science fiction and (trans)media studies bringing together the many ways in which Star Trek franchising fandom storytelling politics history and society have been represented. Seeking to propel further scholarly engagement this <em>Handbook</em> offers new critical insights into the vast range of Star Trek texts narrative strategies audience responses and theoretical themes and issues. This compilation includes both established and emerging scholars to foster a spirit of communal trans-generational growth in the field and to present diversity to a traditional realm of science fiction studies.</p>