Sex, politics, and religion in Star wars
Subtitle: an anthology
By: edited by Douglas Brode, Leah Deyneka
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780810885141; 9780810885158
Subjects: Sex in motion pictures; Star wars films; Politics in motion pictures; Religion in motion pictures; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Douglas Brode; title: A Rocky Road to Star Wars: The Early Life and Career of George Lucas / Douglas Brode; title: Star Wars in Black & White: Race and Racism in a Galaxy Not So Far Away / Andrew Howe; title: Beyond Judeo-Christianity: Star Wars and the Great Eastern Religions / Julien Fielding; title: May the Force Be with JEW: The Jedi-Hebraic Connection / Andrew Bank; title: Star Wars: An Exhibition in Cold War Politics / Nick Desloge; title: Fighting the Evil Empire: Star Wars, the Strategic Defense; title: Initiative and the Politics of Science-Fiction / Peter Krämer; title: Light Sabers, Political Arenas, and Marriages for Princess Leia and Queen Amidala / Ray Merlock and Kathy Merlock Jackson; title: The Over-Soul of the Force: Emersonian Transcendentalism in the Star Wars Saga / Anne M. Boyd; title: George Lucas and Freud's Anal Stage Manifestations of Excretory and Vaginal Fear in THX 1138 and Star Wars / Lucy Place; title: Homosexual Romance & Self-Realization in Star Wars / Roger Kaufman; title: The War for Star Wars / Matt Singer; title: Defining the Jedi Order: Star Wars' Narrative and the Real World / Nick Jamilla; title: The Empire Strikes Back: Deeper and Darker / Andrew Gordon.