{"product_id":"to-boldly-stay-9781476685403","title":"To Boldly Stay","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Despite the fact that \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series. This collection corrects that omission, examining what made \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e so unique within the Star Trek universe, and how that uniqueness paved the way for an altogether new, entirely different vision for Star Trek. If the Star Trek slogan has always been to boldly go where no one has gone before, then \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e helped to bring in a new renaissance of serialized television that has become normal practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Furthermore, \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e ushered in critical discussions on race, gender, and faith for the franchise, science fiction television and American lives. It relished in a vast cast of supporting characters that allowed for the investigation of psychosocial relationships--from familial issues to interpersonal and interspecies conflict to regional strife--that the previous \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e serie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMichael G. Cornelius and Sherry Ginn\u003cbr\u003ePart One. Narrative: Creating and Crafting the Story of Deep Space Nine\u003cbr\u003e\"Every choice we make has a consequence\": Serialized Storytelling in Star Trek's Episodic Universe\u003cbr\u003eVal Nolan\u003cbr\u003eThe Static Space Opera: Dispersed and Sedimental Saturation of the Star Trek Storyworld\u003cbr\u003eFlorent Favard\u003cbr\u003eThinking Space: Identity and Cognition in Deep Space Nine\u003cbr\u003eFranklin R. Halprin\u003cbr\u003eTrauma, Psychological Development, and the Triumph of Kira Nerys\u003cbr\u003eSherry Ginn\u003cbr\u003e\"A very unformed being\": Odo's Rhizomatic Journey Toward Selfhood\u003cbr\u003eErin Bell\u003cbr\u003ePart Two. Race, Gender, Religion: Examining Themes and Tropes Illustrated on Deep Space Nine\u003cbr\u003eClass Division and Biopolitics in \"Past Tense\"\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003eThe Unkillable Idea of Benny Russell: Afrofuturist Temporalities and \"Far Beyond the Stars\"\u003cbr\u003eDylan Reid Miller\u003cbr\u003e(Un)Radical Feminism: Gender and the Limits of Imagination\u003cbr\u003eRowan Bell\u003cbr\u003eSisko's Conversion Experience and the Secularism of William James: Exploring Faith, Religion, and the Visions of the Prophets\u003cbr\u003eDrew Chastain\u003cbr\u003eTraversing\/able Sacred Space: The Bajoran Wormhole as Spiritual Journey\u003cbr\u003eMichael G. Cornelius\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eSherry Ginn\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: List of Deep Space Nine Episodes by Season\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: List of ­Non–Deep Space Nine Star Trek Episodes Cited in Text\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Star Trek Filmography\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040493797719,"sku":"9781476685403","price":37.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476685403.jpg?v=1750946924","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-boldly-stay-9781476685403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}