Description:
Explores the huge commercial success of contemporary superhero blockbusters and develops a critical theory of digital-era popular seriality
Brief description: Felix Brinker is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the English Department at Leibniz University Hannover
Review Quotes:
An absolutely essential new study of the unprecedented impact the superhero genre has had on culture, ideology, and the entertainment industry. Brinker's sharp, precise, and fiercely critical analysis combines a deep knowledge of the genre and its socio-cultural practices with an impressive theoretical framework.
--Dr. Dan Hassler-Forest, Utrecht University