Kevin Corbett is Professor in the School of Communication, Journalism, & Media at Central Michigan University, USA.

Kevin Corbett has written a truly original and exceptionally insightful study of the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and popular filmmakers of our time, attentive at once to the unique qualities of the individual films and series and to the socio-cultural context within which they should be understood and appreciated. This is an important contribution to both the field of film studies and the debate on metamodernism.

• Introduction: Sentimentalism Makes Taika Waititi Cringe 1. The Emergence of Metamodernism 2. The Evolution of Metamodernism 3. Free Cheese and My Interesting World: The Metamodernism of Eagle vs Shark and Boy 4. Bloody Fun: What We Do in the Shadows (the film and the TV show) 5. Like Best friends and That Really is Enough, I’m Getting Uncomfortable: Hunt for the Wilderpeople 6. A Tale of Two Thors7. I Don’t Want to Grow Up: The Metamodernism of Jojo Rabbit 8. Waititi’s “Small Screen” Marginal Metamodernism: Reservation Dogs 9. Waititi’s “Small Screen” Metamodernism: Our Flag Means Death as Fully MetamodernConclusion: “Next Goal...?” Bibliography About the AuthorIndex

Kevin Corbett is Professor in the School of Communication, Journalism, & Media at Central Michigan University, USA.

Kevin Corbett has written a truly original and exceptionally insightful study of the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and popular filmmakers of our time, attentive at once to the unique qualities of the individual films and series and to the socio-cultural context within which they should be understood and appreciated. This is an important contribution to both the field of film studies and the debate on metamodernism.

• Introduction: Sentimentalism Makes Taika Waititi Cringe 1. The Emergence of Metamodernism 2. The Evolution of Metamodernism 3. Free Cheese and My Interesting World: The Metamodernism of Eagle vs Shark and Boy 4. Bloody Fun: What We Do in the Shadows (the film and the TV show) 5. Like Best friends and That Really is Enough, I’m Getting Uncomfortable: Hunt for the Wilderpeople 6. A Tale of Two Thors7. I Don’t Want to Grow Up: The Metamodernism of Jojo Rabbit 8. Waititi’s “Small Screen” Marginal Metamodernism: Reservation Dogs 9. Waititi’s “Small Screen” Metamodernism: Our Flag Means Death as Fully MetamodernConclusion: “Next Goal...?” Bibliography About the AuthorIndex