{"product_id":"fan-phenomena-star-wars-9781783200221","title":"Fan Phenomena: Star Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 2012, the Walt Disney Company paid more than $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilms, the film and production company responsible for \u003cem\u003eHoward the Duck\u003c\/em\u003e. But Disney, despite its history and success with duck characters, wasn’t after Howard; in buying Lucasfilms, it also bought the rights to the \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e franchise. Soon after the purchase, Disney announced a new \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e film was in the works and would be released in 2015, nearly four decades after the first film hit big screens around the world and changed popular culture forever. The continued relevance of \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e owes much to the passion of its fans. For millions of people around the world, the films are more than diversions - they are a way of life. Through costumed role-playing, incessant quoting, Yoda-like grammatical inversions and scholarly debates about the Force, fans keep the films alive in a variety of ways, and in so doing add to the saga’s cultural relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe first book to address the films holistically and from a variety of cultural perspectives, \u003cem\u003eFan Phenomena: Star Wars\u003c\/em\u003e explores numerous aspects of\u003cem\u003e Star Wars\u003c\/em\u003e fandom, from its characters to its philosophy. As one contributor notes, ‘The saga that George Lucas created affects our lives almost daily, whether we ourselves are fans of the saga or not’. Anyone who is struggling to forget Jar Jar Binks can certainly agree to that.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcademically informed but written for a general audience, this book will appeal to every fan and critic of the films. That is, all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It certainly piqued my interest in new areas and raised my awareness of subjects I hadn't considered or knew nothing about.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephen Howard - Roqoo Depot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'While we are all busy being Star Wars fans there's something very enticing in reading about how the fandom works, and that's what this book brings... Definitely worth the time for any fan of fandom or Star Wars to read.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Newbold, Jedi News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Mike Elovaara\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003eas a Character-Oriented Franchise – Jason Scott\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFashion from a Galaxy Far, Far Away – Jonathan Derosa\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFans, Fics \u0026amp; Films... 'Thank the Maker(s)!' – Marc Joly-Corcoran and Sarah Ludlow\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eImmersive and Interactive Adaptations and Extensions of \u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003e– Jason Scott\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom Bikinis to Blasters: The Role of Gender in the \u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003eCommunity – Erika Travis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJediism as a Religion? The Force as Old\/New Religious Philosophy – Zachary Ingle\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGreater then the Sum of Its Parts: The Singular Emergent Language of the \u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003eUniverse – Kris Jacobs\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003eGenerations – A Saga for the Ages, for All Ages – Brendan Cook\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Marketing of the Force: Fans, Media and the Economics of \u003cem\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/em\u003e– Neil Matthiessen\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Influence of The Force – Jason Davis and Larry Pakowski\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042259042647,"sku":"9781783200221","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783200221.jpg?v=1750953662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fan-phenomena-star-wars-9781783200221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}