Star Wars Multiverse - Rilegato

Esterrich, Carmelo

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ISBN 10: 1978815263 ISBN 13: 9781978815261

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2021

Riassunto

Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan artists and even cosplayers have taken the opportunity to play in the fictional world George Lucas created, it has expanded into something far greater, resulting in a richly layered and diverse Star Wars multiverse. 
 
Drawing from a full range of Star Wars media, including comics, children’s books, fan films, and television shows like Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, Carmelo Esterrich explores how these stories set in a galaxy far far away reflect issues that hit closer to home. He examines what they have to say about political oppression, authoritarianism, colonialism, discrimination, xenophobia, and perpetual war. Yet he also investigates subtler ways in which the personal is political within the multiverse, including its articulations of gender and sexuality, its cultural hierarchies of language use, and its complex relationships between humans, droids and myriad species. This book demonstrates that the Star Wars multiverse is not just a stage for thrilling interstellar battles, but also an exciting space for interpretation and discovery.

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Informazioni sull'autore

CARMELO ESTERRICH is an associate professor of humanities at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches interdisciplinary humanities and cultural studies, from Gilgamesh to Bjork. His scholarship has focused on the artistic production of twentieth-century Latin America, specifically film, literature, the visual arts, and popular music.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1978815263
• ISBN 13: 9781978815261
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 158
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile