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Nana Visitor

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Description:Star Trek, from the beginning, has empowered women, creating feminist icons. Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor looks at how - and the enduring, ongoing impact.Nana Visitor played Major Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , evolving her into one of the franchise's - and pop-culture history's - most formidable female characters.But Visitor wasn't first; other Star Trek actresses paved the way. In the new book, A Woman's Trek , Visitor speaks with and pays tribute to those who came before her."Fifty-five years ago, Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura took women and people of color into a newly imagined future," Visitor says. "But she did it in a mini-skirt. It was still 1966 after all. Each Star Trek show both reflected the culture of its time and imagined a more equitable future. How much did we lead the culture into imagining new roles for women? How much did the culture shape us? I'm going to ask these questions to every woman I can. Women on camera, behind the camera, behind the scenes, behind the men, even, and the women we inspired to imagine more for themselves. I want to talk to them all and see what it says about us and about them."In Star Trek: A Woman's Trek, Nana interviews a diverse collection of Star Trek actors, Star Trek Writers, and other notable people such as Stacey Abrams, Seth McFarlane, and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.This book is packed with hundreds of photos, including behind the scenes images rarely seen.This is a book by women, for women - and a must for all fans of Star Trek's long history!Included actors: Kate Mulgrew, Sonequa Martin Green, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Terry Farrell, Mary Wiseman, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, Penny Johnson Jerald, Nicole de Boer, Hannah Cheesman, France Nuyen, BarBara Luna, Sandy Gimple, Tanya Lemani, Linda Park, Isa Briones, Alison Pill, Tawny Newsome, Noel WellsIncluded writers: Hannah Louise Shearer, Melinda Snodgrass, Diane Duane, Lisa Klink, Jeri Taylor, Phyllis Strong, Jane EspensonIncluded noteable people: Stacey Abrams, Seth McFarlane, Jess Zimmerman, Samantha Cristoforetti... and more to come!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Star Trek - A Woman's Trek: From Uhura to Burnham - Star Trek's Female Stars on Six Decades of Change and Empowerment. To get started finding Star Trek - A Woman's Trek: From Uhura to Burnham - Star Trek's Female Stars on Six Decades of Change and Empowerment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Star Trek, from the beginning, has empowered women, creating feminist icons. Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor looks at how - and the enduring, ongoing impact.Nana Visitor played Major Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , evolving her into one of the franchise's - and pop-culture history's - most formidable female characters.But Visitor wasn't first; other Star Trek actresses paved the way. In the new book, A Woman's Trek , Visitor speaks with and pays tribute to those who came before her."Fifty-five years ago, Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura took women and people of color into a newly imagined future," Visitor says. "But she did it in a mini-skirt. It was still 1966 after all. Each Star Trek show both reflected the culture of its time and imagined a more equitable future. How much did we lead the culture into imagining new roles for women? How much did the culture shape us? I'm going to ask these questions to every woman I can. Women on camera, behind the camera, behind the scenes, behind the men, even, and the women we inspired to imagine more for themselves. I want to talk to them all and see what it says about us and about them."In Star Trek: A Woman's Trek, Nana interviews a diverse collection of Star Trek actors, Star Trek Writers, and other notable people such as Stacey Abrams, Seth McFarlane, and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.This book is packed with hundreds of photos, including behind the scenes images rarely seen.This is a book by women, for women - and a must for all fans of Star Trek's long history!Included actors: Kate Mulgrew, Sonequa Martin Green, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Terry Farrell, Mary Wiseman, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, Penny Johnson Jerald, Nicole de Boer, Hannah Cheesman, France Nuyen, BarBara Luna, Sandy Gimple, Tanya Lemani, Linda Park, Isa Briones, Alison Pill, Tawny Newsome, Noel WellsIncluded writers: Hannah Louise Shearer, Melinda Snodgrass, Diane Duane, Lisa Klink, Jeri Taylor, Phyllis Strong, Jane EspensonIncluded noteable people: Stacey Abrams, Seth McFarlane, Jess Zimmerman, Samantha Cristoforetti... and more to come!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Star Trek - A Woman's Trek: From Uhura to Burnham - Star Trek's Female Stars on Six Decades of Change and Empowerment. To get started finding Star Trek - A Woman's Trek: From Uhura to Burnham - Star Trek's Female Stars on Six Decades of Change and Empowerment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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