LEADER 03599oam 2200505 a 450 001 9910150292603321 005 20161020093047.0 010 $a9798400613081 010 $a9798216048152 010 $a9781440833601 010 $a1440833605 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400613081 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4743708 035 $a(OCoLC)1413729192 035 $a(Perlego)4164444 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942907 100 $a20160705e20172023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnimation and the American imagination $ea brief history /$fGordon B. Arnold 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cPraeger,$d2017. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (294 pages) 311 08$a9781440833595 311 08$a1440833591 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aComing to light -- A world of possibilities -- Animation's rising star -- Man from the Midwest -- Dawn of a golden age -- Snow White and the beginning of U.S. feature animation -- War years -- Postwar transitions -- Changing times -- The vast wasteland and other discontents -- Tradition, rebellion, transformation -- Renaissance and revolution -- Epilogue: the new millennium. 330 8 $aProviding a detailed historical overview of animated film and television in the United States over more than a century, this book examines animation within the U.S. film and television industry as well as in the broader sociocultural context. From the early 1900s onwards, animated cartoons have always had a wide, enthusiastic audience. Not only did viewers delight in seeing drawn images come to life, tell fantastic stories, and depict impossible gags, but animation artists also relished working in a visual art form largely free from the constraints of the real world. This book takes a fresh look at the big picture of U.S. animation, both on and behind the screen. It reveals a range of fascinating animated cartoons and the colorful personalities, technological innovations, cultural influences and political agendas, and shifting audience expectations that shaped not only what appeared on screen but also how audiences reacted to thousands of productions. Animation and the American Imagination: A Brief History presents a concise, unified picture that brings together divergent strands of the story so readers can make sense of the flow of animation history in the United States. The book emphasizes the overall shape of animation history by identifying how key developments emerged from what came before and from the culture at large. It covers the major persons and studios of the various eras; identifies important social factors, including the Great Depression, World War II, the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, and the struggles for civil rights and women's rights; addresses the critical role of technological and aesthetic changes; and discusses major works of animation and the responses to them. 606 $aAnimated films$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAnimated films$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aAnimated films$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAnimated films$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/340973 700 $aArnold$b Gordon B.$f1954-$01090007 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150292603321 996 $aAnimation and the American imagination$92891271 997 $aUNINA