Animating Difference

C. Richard King is professor of comparative ethnic studies and chair of the department at Washington State University. He is the author of several books, including Team Sprits (2001 CHOICE Outstanding Award Winner) and Beyond the Cheers. Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo is associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University and the author of a number of articles on the representation of Latinos and other marginalized groups in contemporary popular culture. Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo is professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University and the author of In-Between Bodies and a number of articles on sexuality and popular culture.

Animated films have increasingly become not only a major source of entertainment in American society but also a vast and complex mode of education. Animating Difference is one of the best books we have to enlighten, critique, and engage animated films through the intricate interplay of politics, education and entertainment. This is beautifully written and an immensely important book and should be read by everyone concerned about how we learn, watch, engage, and invest in our understanding of ourselves and others.

• IntroductionChapter 1 "A Whole New World": Animated Films in an Unsettled and Interconnected WorldChapter 2 "Look Out New World, Here We Come"?: Racial and Sexual PedagogiesChapter 3 Colonial Claims: Indigenous People, Empire, and NaturalizationChapter 4 Other(ed) Latinidades: Animated Representations of [Latino] Ethnicity and NationChapter 5 Beyond Snow White: Femininity and Constructions of CitizenshipChapter 6 Negotiating "Difference": The Racial Politics of Transgressive Sexualities/FamiliesChapter 7 Screening Resistance: Commodity Racism and Political ConsumerismConclusionBibliography