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1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 207-209. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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 Kong to Nick Park's Chicken Run to Disney cartoons-such as Tarzan, The Jungle Book, and Brother Bear-to reflect on people by looking at the ways in which they respond to animals in cartoons and films. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Animals in motion pictures.
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Animals in motion pictures. |
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Animated films -- History and criticism.
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Animated films. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wells, Paul, 1961- Animated bestiary. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813544144 0813544149 (DLC) 2008007764 (OCoLC)193913382 |
| ISBN |
9780813546438 (electronic book) |
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0813546435 (electronic book) |
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1282033484 |
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9781282033481 |
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9780813544144 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813544149 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813544151 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813544157 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612033483 |
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