The animated bestiary : animals, cartoons, and culture / / Paul Wells
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| Autore: |
Wells Paul <1961->
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| Titolo: |
The animated bestiary : animals, cartoons, and culture / / Paul Wells
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| Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/662 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animals in motion pictures |
| Animated films - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index. |
| Includes filmography: p. 207-209. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The animated bestiary |
| ISBN: | 1-282-03348-4 |
| 0-8135-4643-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815946603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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