{"product_id":"the-self-and-community-in-star-trek-voyager-9781476667713","title":"The Self and Community in Star Trek Voyager","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   After they are pulled 70,000 light-years away from Alpha Quadrant, the captain and crew of  \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e must travel homeward while exploring new challenges to their relationships, views of others, and themselves. As the first extended, critical study dedicated to \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Shaping the Self through Memory, Narrative, and Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Memory and Identity: Reading Minds and Replacing Narratives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. Programming Love, Art, and Loyalties: The Case of the Doctor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. Alien Attraction and Interspecies Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Examining the Past and Re-Creating the Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Trauma, Disability, and Seven of Nine: Working through the Past and Imagining the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. \"I did not experience that timeline\": Time Travel and the Importance of Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. From Ray-Guns to Costume Drama on the Holodeck: Technology, Nostalgia, and Losing Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Community, Environments, and the Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. The Borg Collective and the Voyager Family: Building Communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight. Redefining Leadership and Alliances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine. \"There's Coffee in That Nebula\": Energy, Exigency, and Ecosystems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten. Spiritual Encounters in the Delta Quadrant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword. Star Trek: Discovery: Hybridity, Environments, and Multiverses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Episodes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040411451735,"sku":"9781476667713","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476667713.jpg?v=1750946662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-self-and-community-in-star-trek-voyager-9781476667713","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}