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    Pantherpedia: A guide to the cottage industry of essays about Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther'

    by Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times Mar 09, 2018 6 minutes

    Have you heard about the little movie that tells the story of a royal man-feline named T'Challa who is powered by vibranium and defends a secret African paradise named Wakanda?

    Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" is not just an epic comic-book action flick - it could approach the $1-billion mark globally after its opening in China this weekend - the movie is a full-blown cultural phenomenon, generating a cottage industry of cultural criticism that touches on a spectacular array of topics, including racial politics, geopolitics, gender issues, beauty standards, design and urbanism. (Hello, Wakandan municipal transit system!)

    In fact, there are so many takes on "Black Panther" that New York-based educator Roberto Soto-Carrion has helpfully compiled dozens of analytical stories related to the film and the "Black Panther" comics in general into a 14-page Google Doc called "The Black Panther Reader."

    For those who don't have a spare month to pore over that excellent document - or to seek out additional worthy reading on the subject - we've come up with our own abbreviated

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