How We Became Middle-earth: A Collection of Essays on the Lord of the Rings - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3905703076 ISBN 13 : 9783905703078

Editeur : Walking Tree Publication, 2007

Synopsis

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Walking Tree Publication
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3905703076
• ISBN 13: 9783905703078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 460
• Éditeur: Lam Adam, Oryshchuk Nataliya
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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