Quote:🌞 Nana Visitor, Star Trek's Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. Interviews with the stars, writers, producers, and celebrity fans reveal the struggles and triumphs of women both behind and in front of the camera throughout the sixty-year history of Star Trek, and how they have mirrored the experiences of women everywhere.
Nana Visitor, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. Interviews-with the stars, writers, producers, and audience members from all walks of life, including a politician and an astronaut-highlight the struggles and triumphs of women both behind and in front of the camera throughout the sixty-year history of Star Trek, and how they have mirrored the experiences of women everywhere.

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