E-grāmata: Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek: Allegories of Desire in the Television Series and Films

a fine pick...a fascinating read for those trying to understand pop culture and sexuality in todays worldMidwest Book Review; an exhaustively researched book that covers storylines and characters from all of the incarnations of the Trek myth including the recent movie re-imagining of the storyline...I cant imagine youll find a better book on the subjectScarlet; Greven manages to offer new, even radically different perspectives on Trek in parts of this engaging and readable book...offers new insights into gender (predominantly masculinity) and sexuality in Trek across the various series. As well as offering an intriguing revisionist view of STOS, it also engages with installments that have not so far received much critical examination (such as the 2002 movie Nemesis, or the latest film), largely avoiding covering ground that is too familiar. The focus on individual episodes and/or characters allows for detailed analysisat its best, Grevens approach matches theory with text in stimulating and insightful fashion.Lorna Jowett, Critical Studies in Television; Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek maintains a clear focus and presents an engaging argument, centered on an allegorical reading of gender, sexuality and race in the monomyth. In developing this, Greven analyzes how, while Star Trek does not directly represent gay or lesbian characters, queer desire can still be read allegorically and ironically by the significant gay fan base...gives an excellent basis for continued engagement with this maddeningly and exhilaratingly complex monomyth.Elspeth Kydd, Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media.