Superhero Blockbusters : : Seriality and Politics / / Felix Brinker.
Explores the huge commercial success of contemporary superhero blockbusters and develops a critical theory of digital-era popular serialityProvides the first book-length study to focus exclusively on the genre of superhero blockbuster cinemaCombines a discussion of seriality as a principle commercia...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Screen Serialities : SCSE
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 13 B/W illustrations 13 B&W images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Superhero Blockbusters, Seriality, and the Politics of Audience Engagement
- Part I Seriality
- 1 Seriality, Culture Industry, and Digital-Era Popular Culture
- 2 Superhero Narratives between Seriality and Political Meaning
- Part II Politics of Audience Engagement
- 3 The Hyper-Referential Style of Storytelling
- 4 The Superhero Blockbuster as Fan Management
- 5 Cinematic Populism and the Political Superhero Blockbuster
- Conclusion: Superhero Blockbusters as Entertainment for the Age of Cognitive Capitalism
- Works Cited
- Index