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Sullivan III is Distinguished Professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies.

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Carl Silvio, Tony M. Released in May 1977, the original Star Wars movie inaugurated the age of the movie blockbuster. The essays in this book analyze the Star Wars trilogies as a culturally and historically specific phenomenon. It also redefined the use of cinematic special effects, creating a new textual universe that now stretches through three decades, two trilogies and generations of fascinated viewers. The body of critical analysis that has developed from this epic focuses primarily on the Star Wars universe as a contemporary myth.

Carl Silvio and Tony M. Vinci, eds, Culture, Identities, and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies. Jefferson: McFarland, 2007.

Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

This book united the inner Star Wars geek and academic, film theory nerd within me. The essays focus on approaching Star Wars as a cultural product, as opposed to viewing it in terms of its mythic, universal messaging, as most scholarly work on it so far has done. As such, the critiques expressed in the book vary markedly in both stance and subject.

Released in May 1977, the original "Star Wars" movie inaugurated the age of the movie blockbuster. It also redefined the use of cinematic special effects, creating a new textual universe that now stretches through three decades, two trilogies and generat. However, like any fiction, it must also be viewed-and consequently analyzed-as a product of the culture which created it. The essays in this book analyze the "Star Wars" trilogies as a culturally and historically specific phenomenon.

Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on. .First Place, State University of New York College at Brockport Critical Essay Award, 1998

Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies. Eds. Carl Silvio and Tony M. Vinci. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006. Introduction: Moving Away from Myth: Star Wars as Cultural Artifact. Silvio, Carl and Tony M. Vinci, eds. Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS. First Place, State University of New York College at Brockport Critical Essay Award, 1998. 4. Blaine M. DeLancey Award for Excellence in Writing, 1999.

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