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.

Sommario

Preface: Seriously, Star Wars

1 Navigating a Multiverse: Watching, Reading, Wearing Star Wars

2 Humans and Creatures + Droids: Hierarchies of Life

3 Imperial Desires: War, Order, Colonialism

4 Beyond Princesses and Flyboys: Gender and Sexuality in Star Wars

Conclusion: Star Wars, Seriously

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Works Cited

Filmography

Index                                 

Info 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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carmelo Esterrich
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781978815254
• ISBN: 978-1-978815-25-4
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 115 mm x 180 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Musica, film, teatro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto