Interpreting Star Wars: Reading a Modern Film Franchise

by Miles Booy

Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full of sound and fury, some felt that it signified nothing. Four decades later, the significations are multiple as interpretations of the film's strange imagery and metaphoric potential continue to pile up. Interpreting Star Wars analyses and contextualises the dominant trends in Star Wars interpretation from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150136474X
• ISBN13: 9781501364747
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"