{"product_id":"9798881804190","title":"Disturbance in the Force Making Space for Race in Star Wars","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDisturbance in the Force\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaking Space for Race in Star Wars\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrederick Gooding Jr.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA necessary exploration of the role that race plays in one of the biggest film franchises of all time: \u003ci\u003eStar Wars.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Talking about race can be awkward, but it doesn't have to be! We often restrict ourselves from fully participating in these necessary conversations because of a profound fear of “saying the wrong thing.” In \u003ci\u003eA Disturbance in the Force: Making Space for Race in Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Gooding Jr. guides readers through understanding how race is leveraged through an idealistic fantasy space. If \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e transpired “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” then theoretically it should be unencumbered by any racial frictions that we know within our current society. Yet, beneath the hyperspace drives to distant locations featuring a vast array of alien diversity coexisting with humans intergalactically, tensions and assumptions surrounding race relations within contemporary mainstream America nonetheless remain manifest and present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gooding Jr. reveals such racial tensions hidden in plain sight in the media we consume and asks readers to reconsider and think critically about both the quantity-and quality\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eof nonwhite images circulated throughout the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars \u003c\/i\u003efilms. By focusing on \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, one key barrier to constructive conversations about race is removed by using a well-known product as a common denominator.  When it comes to race relations and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars, \u003c\/i\u003ethere is no need for to “force” the issue. Readers will learn and appreciate that similar to the force, the topic of race is also an “energy between all things, a tension, a balance that binds” us together, whether for better or for worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrederick W. Gooding Jr. \u003c\/b\u003eholds the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities within the Honors College at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Mean, There's RACE in My Movie?The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eBlack Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2020). He has been previously featured in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Associated Press, USA Today, CNBC, CBS, NPR, Fox News, TIME Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHistory News Network. \u003c\/i\u003eHe resides in North Texas.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798881804190\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331979182220,"sku":"9798881804190","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_48dd66d2-e46b-4012-98f5-909cbc46865e.jpg?v=1783600685","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798881804190","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}