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Author:   Peter W. Lee
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781476662206

ISBN 10:   1476662207
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 January 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface: Galactic Graffiti Hearing the Force: Manifestations and Transformations of Music from Far, Far Away (Tom Zlabinger) The Space Community and the Princess: Reworking the American Space Program’s Public Image from “Miss NASA” to Princess Leia (Karin Hilck) Feminist Icons Wanted: Damsels in Distress Need Not Apply (Mara Wood) Jedi Knights, Dark Lords and Space Cowboys: George Lucas’s Re-Imagined and Redefined Masculine Identities (Erin C. Callahan) Jedi Knights and Epic Performance: Is the Force a Form of Western-African Epic Mimicry? (Gregory E. Rutledge) Deconstructing the Desert: The Bedouin Ideal and the True Children of Tatooine (Paul Charbel) Periodizing a Civil War: Reaffirming an American Empire of Dreams (Peter W. Lee) An Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age: Star Wars, Public Radio and Middlebrow Cold War Culture (Jessica K. Brandt) Part of Our Cultural History: ­Fan-Creator Relationships, Restoration and Appropriation (Michael Fuchs and Michael Phillips) About the Contributors Index

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“Recommended”—The Journal of American Culture.

Recommended --The Journal of American Culture.

Author Information

Peter W. Lee has written many articles on film and comic books. He lives in Simi Valley, California.

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