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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787014503321

Autore

Fruziska Justyna

Titolo

Emerson goes to the movies : individualism in Walt Disney Company's post-1989 animated films / / by Justyna Fruziska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6915-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

741.580973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - Foreign influences

Animated films - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; NOTES; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Emerson Goes to the Movies: Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films traces the theme of Emersonian individualism in the Walt Disney Company's post-1989 animated films, to reveal that the philosopher's influence extends not only over American literature, but also over American popular culture, in this case Disney cartoons. It proves that individualism in its Emersonian formulation of self-reliance, even if questionable in late 20th and 21st century literature, is still ...