Using the Force: Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans

Brooker, Will

ISBN 10: 0826452876 / ISBN 13: 9780826452870

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using the Force: Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826452876
• ISBN 13: 9780826452870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this intelligent and entertaining study of fandom at its most intense, Will Brooker examines the Star Wars phenomenon from the audience's perspective and discovers that the saga exerts a powerful influence over the social, cultural, and spiritual lives of those drawn into its myth. From a Boba Fett-loving police officer in Indiana to the webmistress of www.starwarschicks.com; from an eleven-year-old boy in south London to a Baptist Church in South Carolina; Brooker unearths a seemingly endless array of fans who use and interpret the saga in a number of creative ways.

About the Author

Will Brooker Professor of Film and Television at Kingston University, UK. He is the author of several books, including studies of Batman, Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Lewis Carroll.