The Politics of Big Fantasy
Download or Read eBook The Politics of Big Fantasy PDF written by John C. McDowell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : John C. McDowell |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2014-06-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781476618203 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1476618208 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Politics of Big Fantasy by : John C. McDowell
Book excerpt: Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films--Larry and Andy Wachowski's The Matrix, George Lucas' Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon's Avengers--this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they--or at least the genres they belong to--tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak.
