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1. Researching Fast & Furious in the franchise era of Hollywood
Joshua Gulam (Liverpool Hope University, UK), Sarah Feinstein (University of Leeds, UK), and Fraser Elliott (University of Edinburgh, UK)
2. From Mission Impossible to Mission Insanity: A longitudinal analysis of action sequences in the Fast & Furious franchise
Lennart Soberon (Ghent University, Belgium)
3. ‘For those ten seconds, I’m free’: Temporality, affect and spectacle in the Fast &Furious franchise
Naja Later (Swinburne University, Australia)
4. A critical quantitative analysis of race and representation in the Fast Saga films
Pete Jones (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Joshua Gulam (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
5. Vin Diesel as franchise auteur: Intersectional authorship and the cuddly hardbody in Los BandelerosCarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University, USA) and Christopher J. Olson (University of Wisconsin, USA)
6. Fast, Furious, and Free of Sex: Dom, Brian, and hetero male affection
Aaron Hunter (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
7. ‘What’s real is family’: Maternal bodies, paternal labour and parenting roles in Fast & Furious Bianca Batti (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
8. ‘I never want to lose a fight’: Masculinity, machismo and high-octane action in the Fast & Furious franchise
Rebecca Feasey (Bath Spa University, UK)
9. The on- and off-screen bromances of Fast & FuriousJackie Raphael (Curtin University, Australia) and Celia Lam (University of Nottingham in China)
10. ‘It’s so so so so so so important’: China’s role in shaping the Fast & Furious franchise
Fraser Elliott (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11. Fun for all the family: Adapting the Fast & Furious as animated children’s television
Sam Summers (Middlesex University, UK)
12. ‘Zero tolerance for candy asses’: World Wrestling Entertainment and Fast & Furious as transmedia storytelling
Robert Watts (University of Manchester, UK)
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