The Animated Bestiary : : Animals, Cartoons, and Culture / / Paul Wells.
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. Pa...
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Wells, Paul, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Animated Bestiary : Animals, Cartoons, and Culture / Paul Wells. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource (236 p.) : 29 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Animals in motion pictures. Animated films History and criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110688610 print 9780813544144 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813546438 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813546438 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813546438.jpg |
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