{"product_id":"revising-reality-how-sequels-remakes-retcons-and-rejects-explain-the-world-hardcover","title":"Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Gavaler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNat Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe past is fixed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat happened happened. But our descriptions of that past are in constant flux, creating branching networks of contradictory accounts more complex than any fictional franchise. \u003ci\u003eRevising Reality\u003c\/i\u003e uses pop culture and media concepts of revision to untangle our real-world histories - with startlingly revelatory results.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNovels, comics, films, and TV shows can continue previous events (sequels), reinterpret events (retcons), or restart events (remakes), and audiences can ignore any of these revisions (rejects). Drawing on these four kinds of revision derived from franchises such as \u003ci\u003eStar Wars, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand Marvel comics, Chris Gavaler and Nat Goldberg make sense of the stories we tell about a remarkable range of actual events, including scientific discoveries, Supreme Court cases, historical moments, folk heroes, and even trans names and human memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey ask: -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened to the original, green-scaled dinosaurs after scientists decided dinosaurs had multi-colored feathers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen overturning \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003ev\u003ci\u003e. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, did the Supreme Court end the right to abortion, or did the Court claim that the right of the previous half century never existed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Ronald Reagan increased taxes, expanded government, and championed amnesty for undocumented immigrants, who is the Ronald Reagan whom today's conservatives champion as a model president?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a trans person comes out as trans, has their gender changed or has their gender remained consistent?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre our memories accounts of real events or some kind (or kinds) of revision? And if our memories are in flux, what does that say about our memory-dependent identities?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevising Reality\u003c\/i\u003e answers these and so many more questions, providing surprising new tools for explaining the world and our relationship to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Gavaler\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Superheroes \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury 2017), \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Thought Experiments \u003c\/i\u003e(with Nathaniel Goldberg, 2019), \u003ci\u003eCreating Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Leigh Ann Beavers, Bloomsbury 2020), \u003ci\u003eRevising Fiction, Fact, and Faith: A Philosophical Account \u003c\/i\u003e(with Nathaniel Goldberg, 2021), and \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Form \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury 2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Washington and Lee University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKantian Conceptual Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Thought Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e (with Chris Gavaler, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eRevising Fiction, Fact, and Faith: A Philosophical Account\u003c\/i\u003e (with Chris Gavaler, 2022).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755360518432,"sku":"9781350439610","price":100.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c00555982ce52707e99fc903071bce5_8eb0bdfd-ddbd-446b-90dc-2875128dd31f.webp?v=1780056766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/revising-reality-how-sequels-remakes-retcons-and-rejects-explain-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}