‘Help When Times Are Hard’: Bereavement and Star Trek Fan Letters – Lincoln Geraghty

“How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn’t you say?” – Kirk to Saavik, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [1982].  Henry Jenkins (1988, 1992) uses Michel de Certeau’s (1984) term “textual poaching” to describe how fans rewrite Star Trek TV shows and movies in … Continue reading ‘Help When Times Are Hard’: Bereavement and Star Trek Fan Letters – Lincoln Geraghty