From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253209781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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ELIZABETH BELL is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the Unviersity of South Florida.LYNDA HAAS is Assistant Professor in the Writing Program at Ithaca College.LAURA SELLS is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida.
Accessible Critiques D.K. P. Perhaps the most important contribution to Disney Studies this book offers is an accessibility that, at the same time, offers a serious reconsideration of Disney films. Disney, for these scholars, is not above serious consideration and critique. In considering Disney worthy of study, the authors pay Disney a sincere (if backhanded and misunderstood) compliment. Rather than dismissing Disney as "just for children," they collectively question Disney's products and examine their influence.In this collection of essays, the editors have managed to compile a broad range of materials that critique Disney in the spirit. A Customer said The history of one of America's best-loved success stories. To say that Walt Disney affected by upbringing is an understatement. I recalled fond memories as I reviewed the histories of such unforgetable characters as Mickey and Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Huey Dewey and Louie and yes, even the Beagle Boys and Uncle Scrooge. Disney's forays into classic fairy tales and stories , while whitewahsed to some extent, were always pure fun, with just the right touch of fear, sadness, and morality. I am glad to see that his lagacy is carried on and that we can expect even more of the tales we knew or some we didn't, to come to life in the classic Disney style of pure good tast. "An excellent text for exploring popular culture and hegemony" according to EL. This text includes an excellent selection of semiotic and cultural studies analyses of Disney movies, including feminist analyses. I like the variety--some are oppositional readings, some negotiated readings to show that some progressive features can be found. One of my favorite essays included is the study of Pretty Woman through the black female gaze and how it develops the analysis of the subtext. I find the text very helpful for my Popular Culture and Gender Construction course (which explores the intersections of gender, race, class and other markers of identity in a variety of areas of popular culture). T
Addressing children’s classics as well as the Disney affiliates’ more recent attempts to capture adult audiences, the contributors respond to the Disney film legacy from feminist, marxist, poststructuralist, and cultural studies perspectives. The compilation of voices in From Mouse to Mermaid creates a persuasive cultural critique of Disney’s ideology.The contributors are Bryan Attebery, Elizabeth Bell, Claudia Card, Chris Cuomo, Ramona Fernandez, Henry A. Soyini Madison, Susan Miller, Patrick Murphy, David Payne, Greg Rode, Laura Sells, and Jack Zipes.. The contributors treat a range of topics at issue in contemporary cultural studies: the performance of gender, race, and class; the engendered images of science, nature, technology, family, and business. From Mouse to Mermaid, an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. Giroux, Robert Haas, Lynda Haas, Susan Jeffords, N. The volume contemplates Disney’s duality as an American icon and as an
" a wealth of local insights into many specific Disney projects, from their animated classics up to and including their work produced and distributed under their various other corporate names " - American Quarterly "The Disney book with a difference! These tightly structured and passionately but thoughtfully argued points should provoke lively debate" - Brave New World