Routledge Handbook of Star Trek

Leimar Garcia- Siino is an independent scholar. She is the media reviews editor of the SFRA Review and has recently co-edited the special issue Global Utopian Film and TV in the Age of Dystopia for SFFTV with Sean Guynes.Sabrina Mittermeier is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany. She is the author of A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle-Class Kingdoms (2021), the editor of Fan Phenomena: Disney (2023), and, with Mareike Spychala, of Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery (2020).Stefan Rabitsch is an Associate Professor in American Studies with the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo, Norway. A self-declared "Academic Trekkie," he is the author of Star Trek and the British Age of Sail (2019), co-editor of Set Phasers to Teach! Star Trek in Research and Teaching (2018), and co-editor of Fantastic Cities (2022).

"This book is essential. Capturing the whole of one of the largest franchises in popular culture is an almost impossible task and the editors have brought together exactly the right people to lay the foundation for an understanding of Star Trek. The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek is useful both to scholars finding their footing and scholars working on their newest project. But, also, it is an accessible text for fans of the franchise interested in exploring further."Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Editor of Star Trek as Myth and Author of Exploring the Next Frontier: Vietnam, NASA, Star Trek and Utopia in 1960s and 1970s Myth and History"Finally, a Star Trek handbook that is as big—and big-hearted—as the franchise itself! Whether you’re interested in Star Trek as a transmedia phenomenon, cultural touchstone, or IP juggernaut, this anthology has you covered. With essays that are both thought-provoking and clearly written, this anthology is a must have for scholars and fans alike."Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech and editor of The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from The Pulp Era to Ursula K. Le Guin"Science, society, and media would not be what they are today without Star Trek. This collection recognizes how television’s most inexhaustible franchise has exercised the imaginations of generations of storytellers and critics. Every entry in the Handbook questions Trek’s powerful symbolism while offering vital perspective on its legacy in the real world."André Carrington, Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction

• Introduction: Open Hailing FrequenciesPart I: Television Series1 Star Trek: The Original Series Ina Rae Hark2 Star Trek: The Animated SeriesJohn Andreas Fuchs3 Star Trek: The Next Generation A. Bowdoin Van Riper4 Star Trek: Deep Space NineLisa Doris Alexander5 Star Trek: VoyagerLeimar Garcia-Siino6 Star Trek: EnterpriseZaki Hasan7 Star Trek: DiscoverySabrina Mittermeier8 Star Trek: PicardJustice Hagan9 Star Trek: Lower DecksRamón Valle-JiménezPart II: Movies10 Star Trek: The Motion PictureKevin Decker11 Star Trek II: Wrath of KhanStefan Rabitsch12 Star Trek III: Search for SpockJanet McMullen13 Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeUna McCormack14 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Agnieszka Urbańczyk15 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryTorsten Kathke16 Star Trek GenerationsMurray Leeder17 Star Trek: First ContactIna Batzke18 Star Trek: InsurrectionIgor Carastan Noboa19 Star Trek: NemesisKatherine Bishop and Stefan Rabitsch20 Star Trek (2009)William Proctor21 Star Trek Into DarknessNathan Jones22 Star Trek BeyondPeter GogginPart III: Transmedia and Franchising23 Star Trek as Transmedia StoryworldDawn Stobbart24 Star Trek as FranchiseDerek Johnson25 NovelsSean Guynes and Gerry Canavan26 ComicsGerry Canavan27 Reference Works and GuidesRia Narai28 Board and Video GamesStefan Hall29 MusicVeronika Keller30 MerchandiseVictoria GodwinPart IV: Fandom and Paratexts31 Fandom HistoryKaren L. Hellekson32 Star Trek Fandom around the WorldLarisa Mikhaylova33 Fan FictionKatie Heffner34 FanvidsE. Charlotte Stevens35 Fan Tourism and ConventionsLincoln Geraghty36 Fandom and Intellectual Property RightsRebecca Tushnet37 DocumentariesAllison Whitney38 Parody and HomageMichael Robinson39 PornographyMichael Fuchs40 Star Trek in the Classroom, Science, and Professional LivesElizabeth Baird HardyPart V: Social Themes41 History and HistoriographyMartin Gabriel42 Sex and RomanceCarey Milsap-Spears43 Environment and EcologyAli Sperling44 War and ConflictMareike Spychala45 Colonialism and ImperialismE. Leigh McKagen46 Religion and SpiritualityDouglas E. Cowan47 Science and TechnologyAmy C. Chambers and R. Lyle Skains48 Medicine and CareJason T. Eberl49 Language and CommunicationBodhisattva ChattopadhyayPart VI: Social History50 RaceHarvey Cormier51 GenderDanielle Girard52 Queerness I: Representations of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual PeopleBruce Drushel53 Queerness II: Transgender and Nonbinary Representation Si Sophie Pages Whybrew54 DisabilityOlivia Johnston Riley55 Age and AgingSylvia Spruck Wrigley56 Nonhumanoid Alien LifeWill Tattersdill57 Posthuman LifeLisa Meinecke58 Economic SystemsJonathan Thornton59 EthicsAdam Kotsko60 UtopiaSimon Spiegel