{"product_id":"black-panther-terence-mcsweeney-9781496836090","title":"Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Nonfiction Book Awards Gold Winner by the Nonfiction Authors Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold Winner of the 2022 eLit Book Award for Popular Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a National Indie Excellence Award in the category of \"Movies \u0026amp; TV\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Year 2021 in African Studies awarded by CESTAF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Best Book Award in the category of \"Performing Arts\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most financially successful and culturally impactful films to emerge from the American film industry in recent years. When it was released in 2018 it broke numerous records and resonated with audiences all around the world in ways that transcended the dimensions of the superhero film. In \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon\u003c\/i\u003e, author Terence McSweeney explores the film from a diverse range of perspectives, seeing it as not only a comic book adaptation and a superhero film, but also a dynamic contribution to the discourse of both African and African American studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McSweeney argues that \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the defining American films of the last decade and the most remarkable title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008-). The MCU has become the largest film franchise in the history of the medium and has even shaped the contours of the contemporary blockbuster, but the narratives within it have almost exclusively perpetuated largely unambiguous fantasies of American heroism and exceptionalism. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e complicates this by engaging in an entirely different mythos in its portrayal of an African nation--never colonized by Europe--as the most powerful and technologically advanced in the world. McSweeney charts how and why \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e became a cultural phenomenon and also a battleground on which a war of meaning was waged at a very particular time in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terence McSweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149683609X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496836090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Terence McSweeney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046872412415,"sku":"9781496836090","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8e70b90-d21b-41fb-952d-4aed7fb03b57.jpg?v=1684986972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-panther-terence-mcsweeney-9781496836090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}