{"product_id":"a-different-trek-9781496235428","title":"A Different Trek","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy analyzing the rich ethical and political world-building of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e, David K. Seitz argues that race and geography are central to appreciating the series’ profound critiques of neoliberal multiculturalism and U.S. empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing comparisons between our current cultural milieu and the universe as depicted in DS9, Seitz presents us with a much more nuanced view of the typical utopian-oriented views of science fiction. . . . In \u003ci\u003eA Different Trek\u003c\/i\u003e author Seitz gives us a lot to think about as we contemplate our present and our possible futures.\"—Kevin Folkman, Association for Mormon Letters\u003cbr\u003e“Like the Orbs of the Prophets, David Seitz’s \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the deeper teachings of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e. An incisive analysis of \u003ci\u003eDS9\u003c\/i\u003e, Seitz gives us a compelling examination of how the stories of the series, while imperfect, go where no \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e has gone before, challenging the consequences of militarism, colonialism, and capitalism that are too often overlooked in the liberal utopianism of the franchise. Clear-eyed and thoughtful, \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e is the close read of \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e that we have been waiting for, built on respect and recognition of the Black intellectual and radical work foundational to both the field of cultural studies and the art of generations of Black \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e actors.”—Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable guide to a remarkable series. Equally versed in contemporary debates in Black studies and critical theory and in \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e lore—and equally skilled in explaining both to outsiders—not only does David Seitz make the case for the relevance of \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e for Leftist thought. His critical yet generous stance also provides a model for future investigations into the ways that commercial entertainment can transcend its origins and speak creatively to the political dilemmas of its age.”—Adam Kotsko, author of \u003ci\u003eNeoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e extended the critical promise of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e into our homes in an unprecedented way. Students of recent history, twentieth-century geographies, contemporary militarism, queer studies, and Afrofuturism should read \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e. David Seitz reopens this chapter in popular culture to remind us that staying in place—especially on a planet like ours, with its bloodstained maps and shifting tides of power—affords us every possibility to confront legacies of injustice and imagine radical futures.”—andré m. carrington, author of \u003ci\u003eSpeculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Seitz displays a vast knowledge of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e lore, storylines, and fandom and masterfully deploys a constellation of lenses—queer and critical race theory, Marxism, feminism, and psychoanalysis—to turn a penetrating but generous gaze on the \u003ci\u003eTrek\u003c\/i\u003e universe. He brilliantly explores the anticolonial and inter-imperialist struggles central to \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e as an unstable allegory of neoliberal racial capitalism from the United States to Palestine.”—Tim McCaskell, author of \u003ci\u003eQueer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a rich and conceptually diverse account of political possibility in the series \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e. Through his characterization of racial capitalism at the heart of the \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e universe, David Seitz powerfully draws out the geopolitical tensions between the possibilities of 1990s U.S. liberal humanism and its constitutive violences. I now want to go back to the beginning of the series to re-view it in light of the insights and observations offered in the book.”—Jo Sharp, professor of geography at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and author of \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Postcolonialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface:\u003ci\u003e Beyond Uhura\u003c\/i\u003e, “Beyond Vietnam”\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Reading Racial Capitalism from DS9\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Radical Sisko\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cardassian Settler Colonialism and the Bajoran Struggle for Decolonization\u003cbr\u003e 3. Jem’Hadar Marronage and the Dominion “Order of Things”\u003cbr\u003e 4. Defetishizing the Ferengi\u003cbr\u003e 5. O’Brien Family Values\u003cbr\u003e 6. Empire’s Queer Inheritances\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: “This Darker Thing”\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867323183447,"sku":"9781496235428","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496235428.jpg?v=1722282791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-different-trek-9781496235428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}