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Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars

McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781476662862
Publisert
2016-03-18
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
295 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
McDowell, John C.

Om bidragsyterne

John C. McDowell is the director of research at the University of Divinity, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. He is associate editor and book review editor for Colloquium.

Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars

McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the "moral megaphone" of the film industry. A considerable body of scholarship on the six-part Star Wars series argues (unconvincingly) that the franchise promoted neo-conservatism in American culture from the late 1970s onward. But there is much in Lucas' grand space opera to suggest something more ideologically complex is going on. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics, and discusses the films' identity politics with regard to race and gender.
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George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the “moral megaphone” of the film industry. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics and discusses the films' identity politics with regard to race and gender.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Abbreviations 1. “Man your ships, and may the Force be with you”: Star Wars and Mythically Sanitized Violence 2. “Wars not make one great”: Redeeming the Star Wars Mythos from the Myth of Redemptive Violence 3. “There’ll be no escape for the Princess this time”: Re-Gendering the Patriarchal Star Wars Texts 4. “We don’t serve their kind here!” Star Wars and the Politics of Difference Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the "moral megaphone" of the film industry. A considerable body of scholarship on the six-part Star Wars series argues (unconvincingly) that the franchise promoted neo-conservatism in American culture from the late 1970s onward. But there is much in Lucas' grand space opera to suggest something more ideologically complex is going on. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics, and discusses the films' identity politics with regard to race and gender.
Les mer
George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the “moral megaphone” of the film industry. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics and discusses the films' identity politics with regard to race and gender.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Abbreviations 1. “Man your ships, and may the Force be with you”: Star Wars and Mythically Sanitized Violence 2. “Wars not make one great”: Redeeming the Star Wars Mythos from the Myth of Redemptive Violence 3. “There’ll be no escape for the Princess this time”: Re-Gendering the Patriarchal Star Wars Texts 4. “We don’t serve their kind here!” Star Wars and the Politics of Difference Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781476662862
Publisert
2016-03-18
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
295 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
McDowell, John C.

Om bidragsyterne

John C. McDowell is the director of research at the University of Divinity, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. He is associate editor and book review editor for Colloquium.

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