The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Volume 2: Into the Multiverse (Politics and Popular Culture)

A new volume of essays exploring the on-screen politics and real-world implications of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s expansion into the multiverse. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) moved on from the Thanos storyline, it became more political than ever-both on screen and off. Following up on their first volume about the politics of the MCU, editors Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J.Goren are back with a new volume of essays exploring the political worlds within and outside of the MCU, authored by leading experts on politics, philosophy, and popular culture.This second volume tackles the sprawling narratives in the MCU’s Phase 4, the movies, TV shows, and related content released in 2021 and 2022.During Phase 4, Marvel Studios released films at an unprecedented pace: seven in just two years, including titles like Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Phase 4 also marked the start of the MCU’s mo