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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780826452870
- ISBN-10: 0826452876
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publish Date: April 2002
- Dimensions: 9.36 x 6.38 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.26 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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