{"product_id":"the-worlds-of-john-wick-9780253062406","title":"The Worlds of John Wick","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Worlds of John Wick\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, wide-ranging, interdisciplinary, and theoretically savvy collection on one of the most compelling and successful phenomena of action cinema in recent years: the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e franchise. Using approaches ranging from the discussion of 'world-building' in the 'Wickverse,' to the films' striking use of games and play, and allusions to forms such as folklore and fairy tales, the contributors present a stellar case for (re-) engaging with these remarkable movies. The chapters offer groundbreaking readings referencing Frankfurt School 'Culture Industry,' gender performance and masculinity, and much more. Caitlin G. Watt and Stephen Watt are to be applauded for their bold, original, and exciting work.\"—Oliver Buckton, author of The World is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming, Florida Atlantic University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Especially because the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003efranchise is largely viewed by the critical establishment as well-made, but fundamentally inconsequential, this volume is important in revealing the layers of meaning and significance.\"—James Kendrick, author of A Companion to the Action Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading. Its breadth and accessibility will appeal not only to fans of the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e franchise but also to anyone interested in film, gender studies, architecture, and popular culture as a whole.\"—David Schmid, Professor of English, University at Buffalo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Worlds of John Wick\u003c\/i\u003e explores the (first) three \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e films. In fifteen richly referential essays, Caitlin and Stephen Watt and their contributors discuss the balletic fight choreography, allusive storytelling, underlying philosophies, folkloric roots, and more. An illuminating academic examination of one of the very best – and most popular – contemporary action film franchises.\"—Chris Holmlund, University of Tennessee, Knoxville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through an inventive array of critical lenses, methodologies, and theoretical perspectives on gender, the body, and space and time, Watt and Watt's collection explicates the crucial importance of the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e franchise within contemporary action cinema, confirming its place alongside the enduring legacies of action cinema icons James Bond, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, and John Rambo.\"—Ian Kinane, editor of the International Journal of James Bond Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Worlds of \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e, by Caitlin G. Watt and Stephen Watt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand Action Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Red Circle of Revenge: Anatomy of the Fight Sequence in \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e, by Lisa Coulthard and Lindsay Steenberg\u003cbr\u003e2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Stunt-Craft Work in \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003eand the Networked Worlds of 87Eleven Action Design, by Lauren Steimer\u003cbr\u003e3. Killing in Equanimity: Theorizing \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e's Action Aesthetics, by Wayne Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Economies and Phenomenology of the Wickverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e4. The Continental Abyss: \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003evs. the Frankfurt School, by Skip Willman\u003cbr\u003e5. Bitcoin, Shitcoin, Wickcoin: The Hidden Phenomenology of \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e, by Aaron Jaffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Cultural Forms and Genres\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e6. Fortune Favors the Bold: The State of Games and Play in the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003eFilms, by Edward P. Dallis-Comentale\u003cbr\u003e7. 'The One You Sent to Kill the Boogeyman': Folklore and Identity Deconstruction in the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003eUniverse, by Caitlin G. Watt\u003cbr\u003e8. Captain Dead Wick: Grief and the Monstrous in the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeadpool\u003c\/i\u003e Films, by Mary Nestor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Matrix: Space and Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e9. Classical Orders, Modernist Revisions, Fantastical Expansions: Reading the Architecture of the \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick \u003c\/i\u003eFranchise, by Andrew Battaglia and Marleen Newman\u003cbr\u003e10. Out of Time and Going Sideways: John Wick, Time Traveler, by Charles M. Tung\u003cbr\u003e11. John Wick's Blank Cosmopolitanism and the Global Spatiality of the Wickverse, by Mi Jeong Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Gender and the Body in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e12. John Wick's Multiply Signifying Dogs, by Karalyn Kendall-Morwick\u003cbr\u003e13. Masculinity, Isolation, and Revenge: John Wick's Liminal Body, by Owen R. Horton\u003cbr\u003e14. Professionalism and Gender Performance in the John Wickverse, by Vivian Nun Halloran\u003cbr\u003e15. Style and the Sacrificial Body in \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick 3\u003c\/i\u003e, by Stephen Watt\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400616845655,"sku":"9780253062406","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253062406.jpg?v=1730471120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-worlds-of-john-wick-9780253062406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}