A different kind of Star Trek television series debuted in 1993. Deep Space Nine was set not on a starship but a space station near a postcolonial planet still reeling from a genocidal occupation. The crew was led by a reluctant Black American commander and an extraterrestrial first officer who had until recently been an anticolonial revolutionary. DS9 extended Star Trek’s tradition of critical social commentary but did so by transgressing many of Star Trek’s previous taboos, including religion, money, eugenics, and interpersonal conflict. DS9 imagined a twenty-fourth century that was...

By analyzing the rich ethical and political world-building of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, David K. Seitz argues that race and geography are central to appreciating the series' profound critiques of neoliberal multiculturalism and U.S. empire.

This edited volume is situated at the intersection of cultural and political geographies that offers innovative reflections on power, colonialism, and anti-colonialism in contemporary Palestine and Israel.

This edited volume is situated at the intersection of cultural and political geographies that offers innovative reflections on power, colonialism, and anti-colonialism in contemporary Palestine and Israel.