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Darth Vader Made Me Do It! Anakin Skywalker’s Avoidance of Responsibility and the Gray Areas of Hegemonic Masculinity in theStar WarsUniverse

“…We are particularly interested in the instructive function of narrative fragments. For instance, through an analysis of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Ehrenhaus (1993) was able to demonstrate how narrative fragments in the news and popular media about veterans of the Vietnam War coalesced in American society to blend into an overarching narrative that defined the veteran as “wounded.” Similarly, scholars in rhetoric have taken this approach to the study of film to understand how narrative fragments rather than film practices or form are instructive of larger ideologies (see Ashcraft & Flores, 2003; Brookey & Westerfelhaus, 2001; Daughton, 1996; Foss, Waters, & Armada, 2007; Foust & Soukup, 2006; Moreman & Calafell, 2008; Ott & Aoki, 2004; Ott & Bonnstetter, 2007; Payne, 1989; Rasmussen & Downey, 1991; Rushing, 1989; Rushing & Frentz, 1989, 1999; Watts, 2005, Winn, 2000, 2001, 2003). For example, Moreman and Calafell examine how the narrative of La Llorona, a mythic Mexican and Chicana/o figure, used in the film Chasing Papi , constructs meanings about Latino masculinity and citizenship.…”

“…For example, Moreman and Calafell examine how the narrative of La Llorona, a mythic Mexican and Chicana/o figure, used in the film Chasing Papi , constructs meanings about Latino masculinity and citizenship. Additionally, there has been a consistent body of work within this narrative approach addressing science fiction (see Ono, 2000; Ott & Aoki, 2004; Ott & Bonnstetter, 2007; Rushing, 1989). Drawing upon these bodies of work, we conduct our own narrative analysis of Star Wars.…”