Greg Carter at Boswell Books

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with UWM History Professor Greg Carter, who appears with his new book I’d Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Uncovering Racialized Desire in the Star Wars Galaxy. He will be joined in conversation by Lilly J Goren, Professor of Political Science at Carroll University.

The Star Wars saga takes place in a galaxy far, far away, but its social structures—in particular its racial realities—are thoroughly American. So argues Greg Carter in this thought-provoking analysis, which blends historical and theoretical treatments of science fiction cinema and Star Wars fandom to explore the subtle mirroring between fantasy and the communities that create and consume it.

Greg Carter is Associate Professor of History at UWM. He is author of The United States of the United Races: A Utopian History of Racial Mixing.

Please register for the event via Boswell’s Everbrite link, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greg-carter-author-of-id-just-as-soon-kiss-a-wookiee-a-boswell-event-tickets-1351603706069