Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue

Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue
ISBN-10
1476623473
ISBN-13
9781476623474
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2015-12-23
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Derek R. Sweet

Description

Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse. As a pop culture text, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars offers critical commentary on contemporary issues, marking a moment of interplay whereby author and audience come together in what Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin called collaborative meaning making. This book critically examines the series as a voice in the political dialogues concerning human cloning, torture, just war theory, peace and drone warfare.

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