American Science Fiction Television and Space

"American Science Fiction Television and Space" is a comprehensive collection that examines the genre of science fiction and the medium of television as examples of heterotopia. This analysis explores the forms, processes, and productions of space and time that converge and reconfigure within science fiction. The book is divided into various chapters that reflect and refract different spaces such as genre, production, media, technologies, and bodies. These chapters provide insights into spatial relationships and their impacts on a society that increasingly lives through the screen. The focus on American science fiction allows for a deeper investigation of geographical and cultural boundaries and their influence on the genre and the American television and streaming landscape. The hegemonic nature of American science fiction is discussed in relation to the role of television as a formative medium for national identity. The essays in this book analyze the various (re)configurations of space that have emerged in the television's science fiction heterotopia since 1987, the year of the premiere of "Star Trek: Next Generation.".