sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Abstract
This article considers Star Trek: Voyager’s portrayal of women in the sciences through the lens of Eva Flicker’s 2003 review of scientific women throughout film and television from 1927 to 1999. Two core divergences in Star Trek: Voyager are identified: the absence of constraining dualities such as the rational/emotional and professional/feminine divisions, and the lack of isolation experienced by the female scientists. Such a representation would have positive effects on female viewers according to the sociological interpellation process model, which is supported by testimony and correspondences with multiple fans.
Publication Date
2015
Recommended Citation
McCloskey, Kiran
(2015)
"Rational Emotion, Feminine Professionalism, and Cooperative Success: Women Scientists in Star Trek: Voyager as Challenges to the Dominant Ideology,"
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies: Vol. 8, Article 13.
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https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/sprinkle/vol8/iss1/13
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