Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation / / Amy M. Davis
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| Autore: |
Davis Amy M (Amy Michele)
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| Titolo: |
Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation / / Amy M. Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Hertfordshire, England : , : John Libbey Publishing, , 2011 |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.436522 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women in motion pictures |
| Animated films | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1; Film as a Cultural Mirror; 2; A Brief History of Animation; 3; The Early Life of Walt Disney and the Beginnings of the Disney Studio, 1901-1937; 4; Disney Films 1937-1967: The "Classic" Years; 5; Disney Films 1967-1988: The "Middle" Era; 6; Disney Films 1989-2005: The "Eisner" Era; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Disney's full-length animated feature films; Appendix 2; Disney films analysed in this study, with plot summaries335; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Primary source materials; Secondary source materials; Appendix 4; Filmography336; Index; Endnotes |
| IntoductionChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; Appendix 2; Appendix 4 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis re-examines the notion that Disney heroines are rewarded for passivity. Davis proceeds from the assumption that, in their representations of femininity, Disney films both reflected and helped shape the attitudes of the wider society, both at the time of their first release and subsequently. Analyzing the construction of (mainly human) female characters in the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio between 1937 and 2001, she attempts to establish the extent to which these characterizations were shaped by wider popular stereotypes. Davis argues th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Good girls and wicked witches |
| ISBN: | 0-86196-901-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459673603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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