Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek: Essays on J.J. Abrams' Final Frontier

In an era of reboots, restarts and retreads, J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek trilogy—featuring new, prequel adventures of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the original series characters, aboard the USS Enterprise—has brought the franchise to a new generation and perfected a process that is increasingly central to entertainment media: reinvigorating the beloved classic. This collection of new essays offers the first in-depth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of Star Trek film-makers. Issues of gender, race, politics, economics, technology and morality—always key themes of the franchise—are explored in the 21st century context of “The Kelvin Timeline.”
"Offering the first in-depth analysis of the new trilogy and the vision of the next generation of Star Trek filmmakers, this collection of new essays explores issues of gender, race, politics, economics, technology and morality--always key themes of the franchise--in the 21st century context of 'The Kelvin Timeline'"--
In this collection of essays, contributors express different viewpoints on the merits of J. J. Abrams’ prequel Star Trek trilogy and how it deals with themes such as race, citizenship, violence, persecution, colonialism, and sexuality. Some subjects addressed include whitewashing Khan in Star Trek into Darkness, Uhura and the linguistics of Star Trek, and contextualizing the Kelvin Timeline through Gene Roddenberry’s original narrative. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)