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To Boldly Go: Marketing the Myth of Star Trek

Autor Djoymi Baker
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 mar 2018
Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of storytelling radically transformed from those of ancient Greece. They present us with narratives of contemporary customs and belief systems: our modern-day myths. This book argues that the tools of transmedia merchandising and promotional material shape viewers' experiences of the hit television series Star Trek, to reinforce the mythology of the gargantuan franchise. Media marketing utilises the show's method of recycling the narratives of classical heritage, yet it also looks forward to the future. In this way, it reminds consumers of the Star Trek story's ongoing centrality within popular culture, whether in the form of the original 1960s series, the later additions such as Voyager and Discovery or J. J. Abrams' `reboot' films. Chapters examine how oral and literary traditions have influenced the series structure and its commercial image, how the cosmological role of humanity and the Earth are explored in title sequences across various Star Trek media platforms, and the multi-faceted way in which Internet, video game and event spin-offs create rituals to consolidate the space opera's fan base. Fusing key theory from film, TV, media and folklore studies, as well as anthropology and other specialisms, To Boldly Go is an authoritative guide to the function of myth across the whole Star Trek enterprise.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781788310086
ISBN-10: 178831008X
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 16 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Djoymi Baker is Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her work encompasses many fields, including myth in relation to film and television as well research on the science fiction genre. She is the author of The Encyclopaedia of Epic Films (2014), with Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson and Maria Colavito.

Cuprins

IntroductionChapter 1: Myth & Early US TVChapter 2: The New MythologyChapter 3: Star Trek Title Sequences As CosmologyChapter 4: Fans, Bards, & RitualsConclude. Then Reboot

Recenzii

This is lively, engaging academic writing at its very best . Summing Up: Highly recommended.

Caracteristici

The paperback edition features a new afterword by the author, which contextualizes Star Trek's continuing popularity within contemporary media