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The politics of big fantasy : the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers

Title
The politics of big fantasy : the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers / John C. McDowell.
Author
McDowell, John C.
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

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Description
x, 219 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Matrix (Motion picture)
  • Marvel's The Avengers (Motion picture : 2012)
  • Star Wars films > History and criticism
  • Fantasy in motion pictures
  • Myth in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures > Philosophy
  • Motion pictures > Political aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix.
Call Number
MFL 14-7194
ISBN
  • 9780786474882 (softcover : acid free paper)
  • 0786474882 (softcover : acid free paper)
  • 9781476618203 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014016952
OCLC
878813081
Author
McDowell, John C.
Title
The politics of big fantasy : the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers / John C. McDowell.
Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 14-7194
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