{"product_id":"how-we-became-middle-earth-adam-lam-9783905703078","title":"How We Became Middle-earth","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Lam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3905703076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783905703078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walking Tree Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 313","brand":"Adam Lam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126060347647,"sku":"9783905703078","price":35.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5e2acd-fe56-473f-8256-16ae77e929bc.jpg?v=1687446061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-we-became-middle-earth-adam-lam-9783905703078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}