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The politics of big fantasy : the ideologies of Star Wars, The Matrix and The Avengers / John C. McDowell.

Author: McDowell, John C.

ImprintJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Descriptionx, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Note:Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.



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McDowell, John C.
Subject:
Matrix (Motion picture)
Marvel's The Avengers (Motion picture : 2012)
Star Wars films -- History and criticism.
Fantasy in motion pictures.
Myth in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.