{"product_id":"black-panther-paperback-1","title":"Black Panther - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Bukatman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Panther was the first Black superhero in mainstream American comics. \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e was a cultural phenomenon that broke box office records. Yet it wasn't just a movie led by and starring Black artists. It grappled with ideas and conflicts central to Black life in America and helped redress the racial dynamics of the Hollywood blockbuster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Bukatman, one of the foremost scholars of superheroes and cinematic spectacle, brings his impeccable pedigree to this lively and accessible study, finding in the utopianism of \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e a way of re-envisioning what a superhero movie can and should be while centering the Black creators, performers, and issues behind it. He considers the superheroic Black body; the Pan-African fantasy, feminism, and Afrofuturism of Wakanda; the African American relationship to Africa; the political influence of director Ryan Coogler's earlier movies; and the entwined performances of Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa and Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger. Bukatman argues that Black Panther is escapism of the best kind, offering a fantasy of liberation and social justice while demonstrating the power of popular culture to articulate ideals and raise vital questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Bukatman is a professor of Film and Media Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHellboy's World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Slumberland: Animated Spirits and the Animating Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMatters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works on film and comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727893172287,"sku":"9781477325353","price":45.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3fe0c99301bc0061b281fd6e07bcd398.webp?v=1765116487","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-panther-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}