Abstract

The series Star Trek helped to change the imagination of generations of young people, discussing equality should be placed as a daily practice. This article proposes an initial analysis of the effectiveness of the character of Nichelle Nichols in the television series Star Trek. His character is Lieutenant Nyota Uhura who, a black woman protagonist and in the hierarchy of command of the series. This is a study of the first version of the television series (1966-69) that addresses the issue of black women in the United States through the creation of Gene Roddenberry. The point here is to understand the impacts through the character and the series and not to do an in-depth study of feminism or racism.

Highlights

  • The series Star Trek helped to change the imagination of generations of young people, discussing equality should be placed as a daily practice

  • No caso das mulheres negras, imagina-se uma situação provavelmente muito pior quando se pensa em sua participação em todos os setores da sociedade, seja na economia, na religião, na cultura ou mesmo nas práticas cotidianas

  • Ele próprio destaca a questão da visibilidade: “Ver uma pessoa desparecida ou olhar para a invisibilidade é enfatizar a demanda transitiva do sujeito por um objeto direto de autorreflexão, um ponto de presença que manteria sua posição enunciatária privilegiada como sujeito” (Bhabha, 1998, 80) pois a não visibilidade e o estereótipo é confrontado pela sua diferença, seu outro

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The series Star Trek helped to change the imagination of generations of young people, discussing equality should be placed as a daily practice.

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