{"product_id":"becoming-genre-queerness-and-transformation-in-nbcs-hannibal-9780815636182","title":"Becoming: Genre, Queerness, and Transformation in Nbc's Hannibal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe NBC series \u003ci\u003eHanniba\u003c\/i\u003el has garnered both critical and fan acclaim for its cinematic qualities, its complex characters, and its innovative reworking of Thomas Harris's mythology so well-known from Jonathan Demme's \u003ci\u003eSilence of the Lambs \u003c\/i\u003e(1991) and its variants. The series concluded late in 2015 after three seasons, despite widespread fan support for its continuation. While there is a healthy body of scholarship on Harris's novels and Demme's film adaptation, little critical attention has been paid to this newest iteration of the character and narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hannibal builds on the serial killer narratives of popular procedurals, while taking them in a drastically different direction. Like critically acclaimed series such as \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, it makes its viewers complicit in the actions of a deeply problematic individual and, in the case of \u003ci\u003eHannibal, \u003c\/i\u003e forces them to confront that complicity through the character of Will Graham. The essays in \u003ci\u003eBecoming \u003c\/i\u003eexplore these questions of authorship and audience response as well as the show's themes of horror, gore, cannibalism, queerness, and transformation. Contributors also address Hannibal's distinctive visual, auditory, and narrative style. Concluding with a compelling interview with series writer Nick Antosca, this volume will both entertain and educate scholars and fans of \u003ci\u003eHannibal\u003c\/i\u003e and its many iterations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKavita Mudan Finn \u003c\/b\u003eholds a PhD from the University of Oxford. She has taught literature, history, gender studies, and composition at Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Maryland at College Park, Southern New Hampshire University, and Simmons College in Boston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEJ Nielsen\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD student in communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with an MFA in studio art (printmaking) from New Mexico State University. They have recent or upcoming articles in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Fandom Studies, Transformative \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorks and Cultures, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, \u003c\/i\u003e and S\u003ci\u003eomatechnics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413422444818,"sku":"9780815636182","price":76.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_465dae2b-1a40-4185-87c1-9007eb8b1946.jpg?v=1729353585","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-genre-queerness-and-transformation-in-nbcs-hannibal-9780815636182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}