Exploring the Fantastic Genre, Ideology, and Popular Culture

»Das Buch ist vor allem deswegen lesenswert, weil die Autoren aus so vielen verschiedenen Ländern stammen und weil sie sich zu einem großen Teil mit Werken und Themen befassen, über die anderswo kaum etwas zu lesen ist.« ("Franz Rottensteiner, Quarber Merkur, 119 (2019)")
»Durch die Kombination von theoretischen und literaturkritischen Beiträgen bietet der Band einen Einblick in die sehr heterogenen Perspektiven auf aktuelle Fantasy und regt auf diese Weise zum Weiterdenken an.« ("Thomas Bitterlich, Jahrbuch der GKJF (2019)")
»By combining theoretical and literary critical contributions, the volume offers an insight into the very heterogeneous perspectives on current fantasy and in this way stimulates further research.« ("Thomas Bitterlich, Jahrbuch der GKJF (2019), translated from German")
»The book is worth reading mainly because the authors come from so many different countries and because they deal to a large extent with works and topics that are hardly read about elsewhere.« ("Franz Rottensteiner, Quarber Merkur, 119 (2019), translated from German")

Ina Batzke is a lecturer and research assistant at Münster University and visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara, California (2016-2018). Her research interests include Migration and Refugee Literature, Life Writing, Law and Literature, and Ethnic Studies.
Eric C. Erbacher is an American Studies scholar based in Münster, Germany. His research interests include Urban Studies, Media Studies, and Cultural Studies, with a focus on the intersection of these fields with issues of Visual Culture, especially photography, Popular Culture, and Class.
Linda M. Heß is a lecturer (wiss. Mitarbeiterin) and post-doctoral candidate at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Frankfurt/Main. Her main research and teaching interests are located in the fields of Queer Studies, Aging Studies, Science Fiction, Modernism, and Gender Studies. She is a member of the Governing Council of the North American Network of Aging Studies (NANAS).
Corinna Lenhardt, born 1982, received her PhD in American studies from Universität Münster, Germany. Her research and teaching interests include African American and ethnic studies, race, gender, and popular culture.