Chris Kempshall (UK University of Exeter)

The History and Politics of Star Wars

Death Stars and Democracy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the Star Wars franchise relating to the portrayal and representation of real-world history and politics.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9781032318875
• ISBN-10: 1032318872
• Artikelnr.: 64036453

Autorenporträt

Chris Kempshall is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Army Leadership, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is a historian of the First World War as well as popular representations of history in modern media. He has authored numerous academic works, including The First World War in Computer Games (2015) and British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A long time ago...?
1. 'For a safe and secure society': Totalitarianism
imperialism
and the Emperor
2. 'How liberty dies': Republics
democracy
and the fall of civilisation
3. 'Built on hope...': Rebellion
resistance
and the depiction of warfare
4. 'Keepers of the peace
not soldiers': Jedi
the Force
and the complicated morality of intra-state operatives
5. 'We don't want them here': Aliens
androids
and far outsiders
Conclusion: Always in motion the future is...