Nadine Farghaly has a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Salzburg. She lives in Siegsdorf, Germany. Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznan, Poland. He has authored and edited many volumes on vampires, monstrosity, science fiction and media studies.

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• Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Bad Boy and Feminism: Analyzing Captain Kirk (Suzan E. Aiken) Reinscribing Patriarchy in the Star Trek Films, 1979–1994 (Andrew M. Butler)What We See When We Look in the Mirror: Star Trek’sAlternative Sexuality (Teresa ­Cutler-Broyles) On How to Overcome Nonfunctional Attachment Bondsin Outer Space (Nadine Farghaly) Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations: The Representation of Transgender Identities in Star Trek (Jack Fennell)Deep Space Gender: Miles ­O’Brien, Julian Bashir and Masculinity (Andrew Howe) From Supercrip to Assimilant: Normalcy, Biocultureand Disability in the Star Trek Universe (Ken Monteith) Mothering the Universe on Star Trek (Ericka Hoagland)Photons and Phantoms: Kathryn Janeway as Gothic Heroine(Eleanor Dobson) Strange New Worlds: Gender Disparity in Star Trek:(Michael Pringle) Female Leadership, Sacrifice and Technological Mastery on Star Trek: Voyager (Lorrie Palmer )“This is me cargo”: The Commodification and Hyperreality of Women in “Mudd’s Women” (Haley M. Fedor and Derek Frasure)Hybrids: Interspecies Intercourse and Biracial Identityin Star Trek (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Where No Girl Has Gone Before? Teenage Girls in Star Trek’s Strong Female Future (Zara T. Wilkinson) To Boldly Go Where No Undead Have Gone Before: Comparisons between Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Simon Bacon)About the ContributorsIndex

Nadine Farghaly has a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Salzburg. She lives in Siegsdorf, Germany. Simon Bacon is an independent scholar based in Poznan, Poland. He has authored and edited many volumes on vampires, monstrosity, science fiction and media studies.

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• Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Bad Boy and Feminism: Analyzing Captain Kirk (Suzan E. Aiken) Reinscribing Patriarchy in the Star Trek Films, 1979–1994 (Andrew M. Butler)What We See When We Look in the Mirror: Star Trek’sAlternative Sexuality (Teresa ­Cutler-Broyles) On How to Overcome Nonfunctional Attachment Bondsin Outer Space (Nadine Farghaly) Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations: The Representation of Transgender Identities in Star Trek (Jack Fennell)Deep Space Gender: Miles ­O’Brien, Julian Bashir and Masculinity (Andrew Howe) From Supercrip to Assimilant: Normalcy, Biocultureand Disability in the Star Trek Universe (Ken Monteith) Mothering the Universe on Star Trek (Ericka Hoagland)Photons and Phantoms: Kathryn Janeway as Gothic Heroine(Eleanor Dobson) Strange New Worlds: Gender Disparity in Star Trek:(Michael Pringle) Female Leadership, Sacrifice and Technological Mastery on Star Trek: Voyager (Lorrie Palmer )“This is me cargo”: The Commodification and Hyperreality of Women in “Mudd’s Women” (Haley M. Fedor and Derek Frasure)Hybrids: Interspecies Intercourse and Biracial Identityin Star Trek (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Where No Girl Has Gone Before? Teenage Girls in Star Trek’s Strong Female Future (Zara T. Wilkinson) To Boldly Go Where No Undead Have Gone Before: Comparisons between Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Simon Bacon)About the ContributorsIndex