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Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars
Contributor(s): McDowell, John C. (Author)

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 ISBN: 147666286X     ISBN-13: 9781476662862
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE: $31.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.437
LCCN: 2016008463
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.65 lbs) 208 pages
Features: 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.
 
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