{"product_id":"a-different-trek-radical-geographies-of-deep-space-nine-hardback-9781496227997","title":"A Different Trek; Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine (Hardback) 9781496227997","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Different Trek\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRadical Geographies of Deep Space Nine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid K. Seitz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496227997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 July 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages, 25 photographs, 2 tables, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.606 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Different Trek: Radical Geographies of \u003c\/i\u003eDeep Space Nine (University of Nebraska Press, 2023) by David K. Seitz has . . . revolutionized my understanding of what I now see as a widely underappreciated and understudied series. . . . Seitz embraces in \u003ci\u003eA Different Trek \u003c\/i\u003ean expansive definition of the \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003euniverse, weaving into his examination perspectives not only from all series but also from the movies, the fan fiction, and the actors themselves. Seitz’s choice to examine the defining impact that \u003ci\u003eDS9\u003c\/i\u003e’s actors had on its political and emotional resonances, plotlines, and central conceit serves to enrich the characters, their experiences, and my own.\"-Hannah Sage Kay, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Seitz's study sets out . . . to complicate readings of \u003ci\u003eTrek\u003c\/i\u003e as a whole, and to illuminate the ways in which the series anticipates our current political moment. \u003ci\u003eA Different Trek\u003c\/i\u003e is wildly successful in this regard, opening avenues of inquiry without resorting to simple antagonism between DS9 and \u003ci\u003eTrek\u003c\/i\u003e writ large, or indulging in a straightforward valorization of its primary object of study.\"-Brian Kenna, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Film and Television\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Seitz brings \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e firmly into conversation with critical social theory and geography at a scope and scale not yet attempted. I hope this is just the beginning.\"-Mark Alan Rhodes II, \u003ci\u003ecultural geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Different \u003c\/i\u003eTrek\u003ci\u003e: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e is at once guided practice in the work of cultural geography and literary interpretation, a fascinating synthesis of multiple academic disciplines, and a labor of love from a Trekkie about an underappreciated program that can seem almost prophetic three decades after it began airing.\"-Lindsay Ropiak, H-War\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Seitz's analysis embodies the best of what science fiction studies can be: a critical commentary on past and future presents and an inspiration for alternative possibilities of better futures. . . . The book holds significance for academics and beyond the ivory tower, especially for those with an interest in the critical humanities and social sciences and in fostering opportunities for reflective thinking.\"-Isabella Hermann, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"I had so many sticky notes in this book after reading it, marking new (to me) takes on various episodes and characters and references to other scholarly and fan works that I wanted to check out. The sources Seitz considered for this work are really interesting and varied, drawing from cultural studies, political theory, Star Trek reference books, queer theory and critical race theory. . . . At the end of the read, I was inspired to rewatch DS9 \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e re-energized for activism. What more can you ask for?\"-Jarrah Hodge, \u003ci\u003eWomen at Warp\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Drawing comparisons between our current cultural milieu and the universe as depicted in DS9, Seitz presents us with a much more nuanced view of the typical utopian-oriented views of science fiction. . . . In \u003ci\u003eA Different Trek\u003c\/i\u003e author Seitz gives us a lot to think about as we contemplate our present and our possible futures.\"-Kevin Folkman, Association for Mormon Letters\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Like the Orbs of the Prophets, David Seitz’s \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the deeper teachings of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: Deep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e. An incisive analysis of \u003ci\u003eDS9\u003c\/i\u003e, Seitz gives us a compelling examination of how the stories of the series, while imperfect, go where no \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e has gone before, challenging the consequences of militarism, colonialism, and capitalism that are too often overlooked in the liberal utopianism of the franchise. Clear-eyed and thoughtful, \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e is the close read of \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e that we have been waiting for, built on respect and recognition of the Black intellectual and radical work foundational to both the field of cultural studies and the art of generations of Black \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e actors.”-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A remarkable guide to a remarkable series. Equally versed in contemporary debates in Black studies and critical theory and in \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e lore-and equally skilled in explaining both to outsiders-not only does David Seitz make the case for the relevance of \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e for Leftist thought. His critical yet generous stance also provides a model for future investigations into the ways that commercial entertainment can transcend its origins and speak creatively to the political dilemmas of its age.”-Adam Kotsko, author of \u003ci\u003eNeoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e extended the critical promise of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e into our homes in an unprecedented way. Students of recent history, twentieth-century geographies, contemporary militarism, queer studies, and Afrofuturism should read \u003ci\u003eA Different ‘Trek’\u003c\/i\u003e. David Seitz reopens this chapter in popular culture to remind us that staying in place-especially on a planet like ours, with its bloodstained maps and shifting tides of power-affords us every possibility to confront legacies of injustice and imagine radical futures.”-andrÉ m. carrington, author of \u003ci\u003eSpeculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA different kind of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e television series debuted in 1993. \u003ci\u003eDeep Space Nine\u003c\/i\u003e was set not on a starship but a space station near a postcolonial planet still reeling from a genocidal occupation. 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