The Animated Bestiary : Animals, Cartoons, and Culture.
Title:
The Animated Bestiary : Animals, Cartoons, and Culture.
Author:
Wells, Paul.
ISBN:
9780813546438
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Kong Trick -- 1: The Bear Who Wasn't: Bestial Ambivalence -- 2: Of Mice and Men: What Do Animals Mean? -- 3: "I Don't Care What You Say, I'm Cold": Anthropomorphism, Practice, Narrative -- 4: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?: Performance, Philosophy, Tradition -- 5: Creature Comforted: Animal Politics, Animated Memory -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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