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   MATTHEW WILHELM KAPELL edited, with
William G. Doty, Jacking
in to
the Matrix
Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation (2004). Holding an
MA in anthropology, he is a PhD student in American history at Wayne
State University in the highly underrated and not overly violent city
of Detroit, Michigan. He has published in multiple disciplines,
including work on the genetics of human growth, the effects of poverty
on child development, Holocaustal images in Star Trek, utopian thought, and
Christian romance fiction. He has taught anthropology, history,
sociology, Africana, and women’s studies at the University of
Michigan-Dearborn, Wayne State University, Michigan State University,
and Lawrence Technological University. His essay here is drawn from his
previous work in human genetics and the history of eugenics in North
America and Europe. His daughter, Zoe, owns both a green lightsaber and
a red lightsaber and powerful with the Force she is. Due to his short
stature and general level of hairiness, his wife has frequently
referred to him as an Ewok. Further information can be found on the Wikipedia or
at his Vita.According to the web site www.seabreezecomputers.com the superhero his personality most resembles is the Green Lantern.   JOHN SHELTON LAWRENCE is Professor
of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Morningside College in Iowa. His rookie
editing years were spent with the undergraduate Sequoia Literary
Magazine at Stanford in the 1950s. He is the author of The Electronic Scholar and
coeditor of Fair Use and Free Inquiry. With Robert Jewett, he authored The
American Monomyth (1977, 1988), The Myth of the
American Superhero (2002—Winner of the John Cawelti Award for the
Best Book on American Culture), and Captain
America and the Crusade against Evil (2003). He prepared a
presidential filmography for Hollywood’s White House (2003) and a
Western filmography for Hollywood’s West (2005). He developed his first
interest in George Lucas when two friends and their father acted the
courtroom scene in THX-1138—becoming very excited about the stylish
visualizations but unsure of what it all meant. Among the authors of
this book, he is the one who most looks like Yoda but doesn’t feel half
as wise or weary. Further information can be found on the Wikipedia
or at his Professional Résumé.According to the web site www.seabreezecomputers.com the superhero his personality most resembles is Superman. |