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With his signature bullwhip and fedora, the rousing sounds of his orchestral anthem, and his eventful explorations into the arcana of world religions, Indiana Jones--archeologist, adventurer, and ophidiophobe--has become one of the most recognizable heroes of the big screen. Since his debut in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has gone on to anchor several sequels, and a fifth film is currently in development. At the same time, the character has spilled out into multiple multimedia manifestations and has become a familiar icon within the collective cultural imagination.
Despite the longevity and popularity of the Indiana Jones franchise, however, it has rarely been the focus of sustained criticism. In Excavating Indiana Jones, a collection of international scholars analyzes Indiana Jones tales from a variety of perspectives, examining the films' representation of history, cultural politics, and identity, and also tracing the adaptation of the franchise into comic books, video games, and theme park attractions.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction (Randy Laist)
History
Situating Indy: American Archaeologists, Global Ambitions
and the Interwar Years (Andrew W. Bell)
Fordian Knots: Indiana Jones and the Cinema of John Ford (Brian Brems)
"You call this archaeology?" Indiana Jones and Hollywood's
View on the Nature of History (Ryan Staude)
Cultural Politics
Translocations, Cultural Geography and Anthropological
Imperialism in Raiders of the Lost Ark (Tatiana Prorokova)
"I said no camels!" Indiana Jones and the Catalogue
of Orientalism (Mat Hardy)
The Temple of Orientalism (Debaditya Mukhopadhyay )
The Quest for "Alien" Indigenous Knowledge in Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Kasey Jones-Matrona)
Identity
Indiana Jones and the Crusade for Authenticity (Siobhan Lyons)
"I came to find my father": Indiana Jones and the Quest for the Lost Father (Linda Wight)
Indiana Jones as Educated Swashbuckler (Jennifer Crumley)
"It belongs in a museum," or Does It? Indiana Jones,
Artifactology and the Afterlives of Objects (Kerry Dodd)
Extended Franchise
Raiders of the Lost Longbox: Rediscovering The Further
Adventures of Indiana Jones (Joseph S. Walker)
The Shadow of the Archaeologist: Archetypes of Evil in Marvel's
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Brian A. Dixon)
"We'll always have Iceland, Indy": Indiana Jones and His Adventures in Video Games (Carl Wilson)
Indiana Jones and the Theme Park Adventure (Sabrina Mittermeier)
About the Contributors
Index
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Randy Laist is a professor of English at Goodwin University and the University of Bridgeport. He has authored and edited several books on literature, popular culture, and pedagogy. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
