Prof. Bryan Carr publishes new book on the ‘Transmedia Construction of Marvel’s Black Panther’
UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Bryan Carr (Communication and Information Science) is proud to announce his new book “The Transmedia Construction of the Black Panther: Long Live the King” will debut next month from Lexington Books. A description of the book follows: “In The Transmedia Construction of the Black Panther: Long Live the King, Bryan J. Carr explores and analyzes the evolution of the Black Panther character since his inception in the 1960s across comics, film, television, video games, and music.
The Black Panther, Carr argues, is the sum of the creative works of countless individuals across various media that have each contributed to the legacy of the first mainstream Black superhero, all happening against a backdrop of social and cultural upheaval, global political struggle for equality, and the long shadow of colonizing Western attitudes. The Panther’s existence is a complex one that not only illustrates in microcosm those same struggles in the historically white superhero space, but also offers a perfect case study for media trends of representation then and now. Carr addresses a number of questions: Does the Black Panther really represent a powerful counter-narrative to long-standing regressive attitudes toward Black identity and Africa? Who were the key contributors to our understanding of the character? And finally, how can we use the character to understand the complexities of our modern consolidated media systems? Scholars of media studies, film and television studies, comics studies, cultural studies, critical race studies, and African studies will find this book particularly useful.” The book is scheduled for a mid-May release and is available wherever books are sold, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and local retailers like Lion’s Mouth Books. Interested parties may want to take advantage of the 30% discount being offered for direct preorders from the publisher using the promo code LXFANDF30 at the publisher’s website.
