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Politics of Big Fantasy The Ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers

McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780786474882
Publisert
2014-07-16
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
322 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
McDowell, John C.

Om bidragsyterne

John C. McDowell is the Morpeth chair in theology & religious studies at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. He is associate editor and book review editor for Colloquium.

Politics of Big Fantasy The Ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers

McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
McDowell, John C.
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they--or at least the genres they belong to--tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak.
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Bringing critical attention to a particular set of Science Fiction and Fantasy films - Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers - this book utilises a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments deleteix Preface Abbreviations Introduction: Why So Serious? 1. The Super ­Body-Politic: Nationally Assembling Joss Whedon’s Exceptional The Avengers 2. “He was deceived by a lie”: Tragedy and the Dark Plague of the Politics of Fear in George Lucas’ Star Wars 3. Dystopian Polyvalence: Emancipating the Mediated Life from The Matrix Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they--or at least the genres they belong to--tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak.
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Bringing critical attention to a particular set of Science Fiction and Fantasy films - Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers - this book utilises a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments deleteix Preface Abbreviations Introduction: Why So Serious? 1. The Super ­Body-Politic: Nationally Assembling Joss Whedon’s Exceptional The Avengers 2. “He was deceived by a lie”: Tragedy and the Dark Plague of the Politics of Fear in George Lucas’ Star Wars 3. Dystopian Polyvalence: Emancipating the Mediated Life from The Matrix Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780786474882
Publisert
2014-07-16
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
322 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
McDowell, John C.

Om bidragsyterne

John C. McDowell is the Morpeth chair in theology & religious studies at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. He is associate editor and book review editor for Colloquium.

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