Superhero Blockbusters: Seriality and Politics

Felix Brinker

Superhero Blockbusters

Seriality and Politics

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Felix Brinker, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: November 2024
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781474485203

Series:: Screen Serialities
Subjects:: Film, Media, Mass Communication, Media, Mass Communication

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Explores the huge commercial success of contemporary superhero blockbusters and develops a critical theory of digital-era popular seriality.

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Seriality and Politics

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Figures
pp vi-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-ix

Dedication
pp x-x

Introduction: Superhero Blockbusters, Seriality, and the Politics of Audience Engagement
pp 1-20

Part I - Seriality
pp 21-22

1 - Seriality, Culture Industry, and Digital-Era Popular Culture
pp 23-58

2 - Superhero Narratives between Seriality and Political Meaning
pp 59-78

Part II - Politics of Audience Engagement
pp 79-80

3 - The Hyper-Referential Style of Storytelling
pp 81-120

4 - The Superhero Blockbuster as Fan Management
pp 121-148

5 - Cinematic Populism and the Political Superhero Blockbuster
pp 149-180

Conclusion: Superhero Blockbusters as Entertainment for the Age of Cognitive Capitalism
pp 181-190

Works Cited
pp 191-216

Index
pp 217-225

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