03018nam 2200589 a 450 991081594660332120200520144314.01-282-03348-40-8135-4643-510.36019/9780813546438(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)99100000000070285420080219d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe animated bestiary animals, cartoons, and culture /Paul Wells1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4414-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.Includes filmography: p. 207-209.The bear who wasn't : bestial ambivalence -- Of mice and men : what do animals mean? -- "I don't care what you say, I'm cold" : anthropomorphism, practice, narrative -- Which came first, the chicken or the egg? : performance, philosophy, tradition -- Creature comforted : animal politics, animated memory.Cartoonists 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 picturesAnimated filmsHistory and criticismAnimals in motion pictures.Animated filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/662Wells Paul1961-1757452MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815946603321The animated bestiary4195302UNINA