{"product_id":"black-panther-scott-bukatman-9781477325353","title":"Black Panther","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Bukatman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477325352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477325353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Scott Bukatman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065872118015,"sku":"9781477325353","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b97d758-b7c4-48a6-941c-1a7d76341f89.jpg?v=1685403991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-panther-scott-bukatman-9781477325353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}