“A Cuchi Moya!” — Star Trek’s Native Americans
For decades, Science Fiction had offered those involved in a cultural phenomenon stigmatized as escapist entertainment the opportunity to playfully work through their visions of the future, exploring both scenarios they might hope for and those they were deeply afraid of. Against this background, it...
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doaj-0c430a53c4ed4006b1775f6afe32c3ba2020-11-24T23:29:40ZengGöttingen University PressAmerican Studies Journal 1433-52392007-05-01496“A Cuchi Moya!” — Star Trek’s Native AmericansKatja KanzlerFor decades, Science Fiction had offered those involved in a cultural phenomenon stigmatized as escapist entertainment the opportunity to playfully work through their visions of the future, exploring both scenarios they might hope for and those they were deeply afraid of. Against this background, it is not surprising that particularly people marginalized by the current social order use fantastic fictions to either unmask present socio-cultural practices as oppressive or to imagine alternative ways of living where they would be no longer disenfranchised.http://www.asjournal.org/archive/49/14.htmlU.S.UnitedStatesAmericaculturetelevisionsmoviesfilmsstar trekNative AmericansAmerican Indiansrace |
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For decades, Science Fiction had offered those involved in a cultural phenomenon stigmatized as escapist entertainment the opportunity to playfully work through their visions of the future, exploring both scenarios they might hope for and those they were deeply afraid of. Against this background, it is not surprising that particularly people marginalized by the current social order use fantastic fictions to either unmask present socio-cultural practices as oppressive or to imagine alternative ways of living where they would be no longer disenfranchised. |
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