| Description |
230 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Popular Culture, Science Fiction, and World Politics: Exploring Intertextual Relations / Jutta Weldes -- 2. "To know him was to love him. Not to know him was to love him from afar": Diplomacy in Star Trek / Iver B. Neumann -- 3. Bumpy Space: Imperialism and Resistance in Star Trek: The Next Generation / Naeem Inayatullah -- 4. Aliens, Alien Nations, and Alienation in American Political Economy and Popular Culture / Ronnie D. Lipschutz -- 5. Demon Diasporas: Confronting the Other and the Other-Worldly in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel / Patricia Molloy -- 6. Forbidden Places, Tempting Spaces, and the Politics of Desire: On Stalker and Beyond / Aida A. Hozic -- 7. Representation is Futile? American Anti-Collectivism and the Borg / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson and Daniel H. Nexon -- 8. The Problem of the "World and Beyond": Encountering "the Other" in Science Fiction / Geoffrey Whitehall |
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9. Feminist Futures: Science Fiction, Utopia, and the Art of Possibilities in World Politics / Neta C. Crawford |
| Summary |
Through detailed analyses of such texts as 'Blade Runner', 'Stalker', 'Star Trek', and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', the chapters in this volume examine the complex and sometimes contradictory relations between world politics, both as discipline and as practice, and discourses of science fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
International relations in literature.
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World politics in literature.
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International relations and culture.
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- Political aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Weldes, Jutta.
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| LC no. |
2002032249 |
| ISBN |
1403960585 paperback |
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031229557X cased |
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