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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810274403321

Autore

Jenkins Eric S.

Titolo

Special affects : cinema, animation and the translation of consumer culture / / Eric S. Jenkins [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-4744-1536-9

1-4744-0641-6

0-7486-9548-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

384/.830973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Economic aspects - United States

Animated films - Economic aspects - United States

Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States

Animated films - Social aspects - United States

Consumption (Economics)

Affect (Psychology)

Popular culture - United States

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Astonishment and the fantastic in live-action cinema -- Say cheese! The cinematic lifestyle consumer -- Animation's marvel and the graphic narrative mode -- Of mice and mimesis: the wondrous spark of Disney -- Mutual affection-images and daydreaming consumers -- The Disney version of the American dream -- Walt and Wall-E in control society.

Sommario/riassunto

The emergence of these media enables new modes of perception that create 'special' sensations of wonder, astonishment, marvel and the fantastic. Such affections subsequently become mined by consumer industries for profit, thereby explaining the connection between media and consumerism that today seems inherent to the culture industry. Such modes and their affections are also translated into ideology, as



American culture seeks to make sense of the sociocultural changes accompanying these new media, particularly as specific versions of American Dream narratives. Special Affects is the first extended exploration of the connection between media and consumerism, and the first book to extensively apply Deleuzian film theory to animation. Its exploration of the connection between the animated form and consumerism, and its re-examination of twentieth-century animation from the perspective of affect, makes this an engaging and essential read for film-philosophy scholars and students.