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How We Became Middle-earth
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9783905703078
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9783905703078
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How We Became Middle-earth
$36.95
Following the release in 2001 of the first film of Peter Jackson s adapted trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a wave of Ring Fever swamped the world, with reprints of the novel, guidebooks, Internet sites, memorabilia and toys, video and computer games, location tours and extended DVDs. Taking a Cultural Studies perspective, this collection of essays examines the cultural issues generated by Tolkien s novel and Jackson s films. In particular, by applying a variety of cultural, media and literary theories, the essays in this collection attempt to answer the question: How did we become Middle-earth? Topics covered range from fan culture in an age of IT, globalization, transnational capitalism and consumerism to the local socio-political implications of the Rings tale, and the formation of a Middle-earth in our real (or, as argued by the French philosopher Jean Beaudrillard, our no longer real but hyperreal) world.
| Author: Adam Lam |
| Publisher: Walking Tree Publishers |
| Publication Date: Nov 15, 2007 |
| Number of Pages: 460 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 3905703076 |
| ISBN-13: 9783905703078 |
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