Identity Politics in George Lucas' Star Wars

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by John C. McDowell

Type: Essays
Subject: One Film > Star Wars
Keywords: George Lucas, politics, role of cinema, ideology, Star Wars
Publishing date: 2016
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Language: English

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Paperback • 208 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-6286-2

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Book Presentation:
George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the “moral megaphone” of the film industry. A considerable body of scholarship on the six-part Star Wars series argues (unconvincingly) that the franchise promoted neo-conservatism in American culture from the late 1970s onward. But there is much in Lucas’ grand space opera to suggest something more ideologically complex is going on. This book challenges the view of the saga as an unambiguously violent text exemplifying reactionary politics, and discusses the films’ identity politics with regard to race and gender.

About the Author:
John C. McDowell is the director of research at the University of Divinity, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. He is associate editor and book review editor for Colloquium.

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