Drones, Clones and Alpha Babes.Drones, Clones And Alpha Babes Diana M.A. Relke University of Calgary Press The University of Calgary Press is a university press that is part of the University of Calgary. External link
2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 www.uofcpress.com 1552381641 $29.95 1-800-565-3770 Diana M.A. Relke is a founding member and professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a coeducational public research university located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The University is celebrating its centennial year in 2007. where she teaches courses in feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disciplines, prominently including the approaches to women's roles and lives and feminist politics in anthropology and sociology, economics, , science fiction, and popular culture. In Drones, Clones And Alpha Babes: Retrofitting Star Trek's Humanism, Post-9/11, Professor Relke examines the popular Star Trek franchise and its impact upon popular culture media, revealing how the Star Trek narrative stories have influenced cultural values in the United States, including American sociopolitical so·ci·o·po·li·ti·cal adj. Involving both social and political factors. sociopolitical Adjective of or involving political and social factors and sociocultural so·ci·o·cul·tur·al adj. Of or involving both social and cultural factors. so  ci·o·cul landscapes pre- and post-9/11. A work of articulate and seminal scholarship which is thoroughly accessible to be academia and non-specialist general readers, Drones, Clones And Alpha Babes will prove to be of immense interest to students of popular culture in general, and Star Trek fans in particular.
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