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Pixar's America : The Re-Animation of American Myths and Symbols

Cham ; s.l. : Springer International Publishing ; Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

1 Online-Ressource (XI, 240 p)

Englisch

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978-3-319-31634-5 (electronic)

978-3-319-31633-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

866792767

OCoLC: 964635779 (aus SWB)     

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-3-319-31634-5

AP 48600      Ähnliche Literatur

NC1765-NC1766

791.4334

Basisklassifikation: 24.34 (Filmgattungen; Filmsparten) ; 24.31 (Systematische Filmwissenschaft)

bicssc: APFV ; bisacsh: PER004000

*Pixar Animation Studios ; Animationsfilm ; USA ; Kultur <Motiv> ; Amerikabild      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Culture -- Study and teaching ; United States -- Study and teaching ; Motion pictures -- United States ; Animated films ; Motion pictures ; Culture -- Study and teaching ; United States -- Study and teaching ; Motion pictures -- United States ; Animated films ; Motion pictures

This book examines the popular and critically acclaimed films of Pixar Animation Studios in their cultural and historical context. Whether interventionist sheriff dolls liberating oppressed toys (Toy Story) or exceptionally talented rodents hoping to fulfill their dreams (Ratatouille), these cinematic texts draw on popular myths and symbols of American culture. As Pixar films refashion traditional American figures, motifs and narratives for contemporary audiences, this book looks at their politics - from the frontier myth in light of traditional gender roles (WALL-E) to the notion of voluntary associations and neoliberalism (The Incredibles). Through close readings, this volume considers the aesthetics of digital animation, including voice-acting and the simulation of camera work, as further mediations of the traditional themes and motifs of American culture in novel form. Dietmar Meinel explores the ways in which Pixar films come to reanimate and remediate prominent myths and symbols of American culture in all their cinematic, ideological and narrative complexity