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2 unusual facts about Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation


Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation

It was published by Continuum Press in 2004 and edited by Matthew Kapell (later publishing as Matthew Wilhelm Kapell), anthropological historian, and William G. Doty, professor emeritus of religious studies and religion at the University of Alabama.

The title phrase "jacking in to the matrix" appears frequently in (and is probably a reference to) the novel Neuromancer by William Gibson.


John Shelton Lawrence

In Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty's Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation (2005), he explores the kind of fascism that is symbolically conveyed by heroic figures such as Luke Skywalker of Star Wars (1977) and Neo in The Matrix series.


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