03574nam 22007575 450 991078268580332120230721004540.01-282-03348-40-8135-4643-510.36019/9780813546438(CKB)1000000000702854(EBL)413877(OCoLC)476239158(SSID)ssj0000103715(PQKBManifestationID)11133223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103715(PQKBWorkID)10091702(PQKB)10327119(DE-B1597)526318(OCoLC)1109382358(DE-B1597)9780813546438(MiAaPQ)EBC413877(EXLCZ)99100000000070285420191221d2008 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Animated Bestiary Animals, Cartoons, and Culture /Paul WellsNew Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2008]©20091 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4414-9 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Bear Who Wasn't -- 2. Of Mice and Men -- 3. "I Don't Care What You Say, I'm Cold" -- 4. Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? -- 5. Creature Comforted -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FILMOGRAPHY -- INDEXCartoonists and animators have given animals human characteristics for so long that audiences are now accustomed to seeing Bugs Bunny singing opera and Mickey Mouse walking his dog Pluto. The Animated Bestiary critically evaluates the depiction of animals in cartoons and animation more generally. Paul Wells argues that artists use animals to engage with issues that would be more difficult to address directly because of political, religious, or social taboos. Consequently, and principally through anthropomorphism, animation uses animals to play out a performance of gender, sex and sexuality, racial and national traits, and shifting identity, often challenging how we think about ourselves. Wells draws on a wide range of examples, from the original King Kongto Nick Park's Chicken Run to Disney cartoonsùsuch as Tarzan, The Jungle Book, and Brother Bearùto reflect on people by looking at the ways in which they respond to animals in cartoons and films.Animals in motion picturesAnimals in motion picturesAnimated films - History and criticismAnimated films -- History and criticismAnimated filmsAnimals in motion picturesHistory and criticismAnimated filmsMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCFilmHILCCAnimals in motion pictures.Animals in motion pictures.Animated films - History and criticism.Animated films -- History and criticism.Animated films.Animals in motion picturesHistory and criticismAnimated filmsMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmFilm741.5791.43791.43/662791.43662Wells Paul, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.613564DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910782685803321The Animated Bestiary3686487UNINA