Contemporary Hollywood Animation

Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s

AvNoel Brown

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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A cultural history of the contemporary Hollywood animated feature, from Toy Story to The Lego MovieExamines critically a range of prominent contemporary Hollywood animated featuresReveals the aspects which make these texts attractive to multiple audience sectionsSituates the genre in its social, cultural, and industrial contextsContributes to current debates on children's mediaUntil the 1990s, animation occupied a relatively marginal presence in Hollywood. Today, it is at the very heart of both the film industry and contemporary popular culture. Charting the major changes and continuities in Hollywood animation over the past thirty years, this groundbreaking book offers an authoritative history of Hollywood animation since the 1990s. Analysing dozens of key films, including The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek, Despicable Me, Frozen and Moana, it examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action. Identifying narrative and thematic patterns, and developments in industry and style, the book explores how animation in the United States both responds to and recapitulates the values, beliefs, hopes and fears of the nation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-04
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:378 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Traditions in American Cinema
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399508070

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Noel Brown is Associate Professor in Film at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He has written several books on aspects of children’s film, family entertainment and animation, including Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2021), The Children’s Film (2017), British Children’s Cinema (2016) and The Hollywood Family Film (2012). He is also editor of The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Film (2022), and series editor of ‘Children’s Film and Television’ for Edinburgh University Press.

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Written with clarity and insight, Contemporary Hollywood Animation is a welcome addition to the recent literature of animation ﬁlm, media industry, and world culture.

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Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1. Change and Continuity: The Making of Contemporary Hollywood Animation Production TrendsAnimation and Hollywood Cinema Since the 1970sStyle and AestheticsStorytelling and Narrative2. Crossing Boundaries: Families, Audiences and the Mainstream Aesthetic The Family AudienceRepositioning the Family: The Lion King and Toy StoryFamily and KinshipFamily and IndividualismChild/Adult Crossovers3. Hollywood Animation, Late Modernity and Contemporary AmericaPostmodern Irony: DreamWorks and BeyondSocial Comment and Contemporary America4. Ways of Being: Identity and Hollywood Animation Disney in Transition: Sexual Politics in the Early Films of the ‘Disney Renaissance’Diversity and Contemporary Disney FilmsWomen and the Contemporary Princess FilmModels of Masculinity5. On the Borders: Children’s Horror and Indiewood AnimationChildren’s Horror and Contemporary Hollywood‘Indiewood’ AnimationHybridisationConclusion NotesSelect Filmography Select BibliographyIndex