Star Wars Multiverse

Drawing from a full range of Star Wars media, including comics, television, children’s books, and fan films, Carmelo Esterrich explores how these stories set in a galaxy far far away reflect issues that hit closer to home on such topics as authoritarianism, colonialism, xenophobia, sexuality, and gender norms.

About the author

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.

Summary

Explores the many narrative platforms of the multiverse of Star Wars, including through film, television, fiction, and comics. The book argues that Star Wars is both familiar and other-worldly and persistently replicates and reflects our world.

Product details

• Authors: Carmelo Esterrich
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.08.2021
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
• EAN: 9781978815254
• ISBN: 978-1-978815-25-4
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions (packing): 11.5 x 18 x 1.5 cm
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Guides & Reviews; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy