Teaching Toward the 24th Century: Star Trek as Social Curriculum (Pedagogy and Popular Culture, Volume 5)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
The Ponderosa and the Enterprise......Page 8
TEACHING TOWARD THE 24TH CENTURY......Page 14
PURPLE ROBES, BROWN VANS, AND BONFIRES......Page 15
THE BROWN VAN......Page 17
BIG STAR SHIPS CRUISING THE GALAXY......Page 18
THE GNOSTIC WALKS AMONG US… SIGNS OF THE FISHERMAN......Page 19
WHICH WAY SHOULD I GO?......Page 21
ANOTHER WORD, ANOTHER CONTEXT......Page 23
SAVE CHILDREN—FOUNDATION OR FEDERATION......Page 25
AND THE TREKKERS SEEK MEMBERS......Page 26
Katie also uses her daughter to recruit members for Star Fleet.......Page 28
THE FAMILY THAT TREKS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER......Page 31
MORE FUN FAMILY VALUES: BUT WOULD YOU MARRY ONE?......Page 33
CHURCH LADIES, STARSHIP LADIES......Page 36
STEPFORD SCRIPTS......Page 39
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO TREK......Page 40
MUFON AND ME: HOW I GOT TO DEFEND THE ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 43
FAITH IN THE SUPREME ORDER......Page 45
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE… WITH THE HUMMM OF SAUCERS….......Page 47
DEUX OR DEUS EX MACHINA: DUKING IT WITH THE MACHINE GOD......Page 51
SPIRIT IN THE SKY(SCRAPER)......Page 52
OCHAM’S ELECTRIC RAZOR......Page 54
TRANSPORTING OR TRANSFIGURATION OF THE KITCHEN KNIFE: INTERVIEW WITH A TREKKER......Page 55
FLUID BOUNDARY......Page 59
BEAM ME INTO THAT GREAT FUTURE......Page 63
TINKERING ON THE YELLOW BRICK…I MEAN BRICOLAGE......Page 66
THE PROFIT….I MEAN THE PROPHET… NO, I MEAN THE PROPHETIC…OH, JUST BUY IT......Page 69
THE MIRACLE OF THE SCIENTIFIC......Page 75
HANGING WITH THE HIGH PRIESTS OF SCIENCE......Page 76
GRANDFATHERS CALLING OUT FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE......Page 77
PAPA, DAD, AND THE GREAT BIRD OF THE GALAXY......Page 81
DO IT MY WAY......Page 83
SERMONS FOR THE MASSES......Page 85
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR......Page 89
HUMANIST MANIFESTOS AND DIVINITY......Page 90
FROM THE GREAT BIRD HIMSELF......Page 92
CHAPTER 3 Intermezzo for NASA, Star Fleet, the Armed Services, and Giant Corporations in B Sharp......Page 97
TREKNOLOGICAL TRAINING MEETS IN A DESERT STORM......Page 98
RED, WHITE, AND FEDERATION BLUES: IT ISN’T BLOOD, IT IS KETCHUP......Page 100
PAINT MY DEAD MEN RED......Page 101
OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE…MY TELEVISION SCREEN......Page 104
HONEY, PLEASE PASS ME THE GRAPHIC INTERFACE......Page 112
CALIFORNIA WAR DREAM FACTORY......Page 114
LOVE ‘EM LUDDITES......Page 116
HUNTSVILLE AND STARFLEET, OR WAS IT APOLLO AND STAR TREK?......Page 120
FULL STOP, CAPTAIN…WHERE IS THE MONEYMAKING MACHINE IN THE HYPERGARDEN?......Page 123
HOW DO WE GET FROM HERE TO THERE OR THERE TO HERE?......Page 124
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS TREK......Page 127
THE TECHNO-MILITARY MERINGUE......Page 131
TREK BLESS THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX......Page 134
POSTMODERN PARAMILITARY CONDITIONS......Page 139
DID YOU SAY KLINGON?......Page 142
DIVERSION, PARODY, AND THE POLITICS OF PRETEND......Page 143
SURVIVING THE KLINGON OR SURVIVING IN KLINGON......Page 147
EXOTIC EROTIC ON THE POSTMODERN PORNOGRAPHIC......Page 149
LANGUAGE ANXIETY (MY OWN)......Page 152
PIG LATIN CROSSES OVER THE NEUTRAL ZONE......Page 154
ESPERANTO AND KLINGONESE......Page 155
CREEPING KLINGONESE......Page 157
INTERANIMATINGINCOMMENSURABILITIES......Page 158
TRANSPOSITIONS AND IDEOLOGIES......Page 159
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH KLINGON? WHO ARE THE KLINGONS, ANYWAY?......Page 161
THE MINSTREL SHOW AND THE KLINGON ATTACK CORPS......Page 165
KLINGONISM AS POSTMODERN RACISM......Page 168
CHAPTER 5 Resistance Is Futile......Page 170
CULTURE CLASS AND CLASH......Page 171
WHAT A JOKE......Page 172
ONLY FUNNY FOR SOME......Page 174
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE......Page 176
MORE FUN ON THE BORDER OF THE FINAL FRONTIER......Page 177
THE FUTURE BORG......Page 178
ANIMALS ARE SENTIENT, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT......Page 180
FEDERATION STANDARD MEANS ENGLISH ONLY......Page 184
BORGS ARE US......Page 187
KILLER BEES AND MUTATING FORCES......Page 188
HERRENVOLKING TO THE DYSUTOPIAN STARS: BEING AND NOTHING MUCH ELSE......Page 191
WE ARE NOT MEN, WE ARE DEVOLUTIONIZED—OR YOU SAY YOU WANT A DEVOLUTION......Page 193
THE ALIEN HEATS THINGS UP: RACIST RESURGENCE IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL SUBLIME......Page 195
DIRT WILL BE ASSIMILATED: BORDER ZONE TRANSGRESSIONS......Page 197
THE CAUTIONARY TALE AS HYBRID......Page 202
CHAPTER 6 On Top of Old Mount Olympus, All Covered with Trek; or Mama, Don’t Let Your Trekker Grow Up to Be a Fascist......Page 205
GOING UP......Page 206
IS IT HEAVEN OR DISNEY?......Page 207
GOOD MEDICINE FOR SICK CULTURAL FORMATIONS......Page 208
MORE BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK......Page 209
IMAGINEERING THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT ALL......Page 210
NO ROOM AT THE DRIVE-INN......Page 211
THE BUSINESS…PRESSING MY LATINUM......Page 212
HILLTOP KINGDOMS OF HEAVEN......Page 214
MAKE HIM A GOOD GUY......Page 215
HISTORICIDAL APPRECIATION......Page 216
GNOSTIC PROMISES......Page 218
MARVIN’S ROOM......Page 221
CLASSICAL GASEOUS CLOUDS......Page 225
CALLING ALL GREEKS (AND I DON’T MEAN FRATERNITIES)......Page 227
A BLAST FROM MY PAST......Page 229
GO WEST, YOUNG TREKKER......Page 230
MYTHIC GEOGRAPHIES......Page 232
STAGECOACHES AND STARSHIPS......Page 233
I WANT A HERO TO SHINE HIS LIGHT ON ME......Page 234
HEGEMONIC HEROICS......Page 235
THE USS MAYFLOWER......Page 236
FINALIZING FRONTIERS: WEST OF EDEN......Page 238
HEY, HOMER......Page 240
FOUR PLOTS, NOT FOUR HORSEMEN......Page 242
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?......Page 243
Afterword......Page 245
Bibliography......Page 249
Permissions Acknowledgments......Page 267
Index......Page 268