Full-throttle franchise the culture, business and politics of the Fast & furious / edited by Joshua Gulam, Fraser Elliott, and Sarah Feinstein.

Contents Researching Fast & furious in the franchise era of Hollywood / Joshua Gulam, Fraser Elliott and Sarah Feinstein -- From mission impossible to mission insanity : A longitudinal analysis of action sequences in the Fast & furious franchise / Lennart Soberon -- 'For those ten seconds, I'm free' : temporality, affect, and spectacle in the Fast & furious franchise / Naja Later -- A critical quantitative analysis of race and representation in the Fast saga films / Pete Jones and Joshua Gulam -- Vin Diesel as franchise auteur : Intersectional authorship and the cuddly hardbody in Los Bandeleros / CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson -- Fast, furious, and free of sex : Dom, Brian, and hetero male affection / Aaron Hunter -- 'What's real is family' : maternal bodies, paternal labour, and parenting roles in Fast & furious / Bianca Batti -- 'I never want to lose a fight' : masculinity, machismo and high-octane action in the Fast & furious franchise / Rebecca Feasey -- The on- and off-screen bromances of Fast & furious / Jackie Raphael and Celia Lam -- 'It's so so so so so so important' : China's role in shaping the Fast & furious franchise / Fraser Elliott -- Fun for all the family : adapting the Fast & furious as animated children's television / Sam Summers -- 'Zero tolerance for candy asses' : World Wrestling Entertainment and Fast & furious as transmedia storytelling / Robert Watts.
Abstract "Offers an in-depth critical analysis of the Fast & Furious films, bringing together a range of scholars to explore not only the style and themes of the multibillion-dollar franchise, but also its broader cultural impact and industry legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
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