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From mouse to mermaid : the politics of film, gender, and culture / Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, Laura Sells, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.Description: xi, 264 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0253209781 (pa : alk. paper)
  • 9780253209788 (pa : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.5973 DIS
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction : Walt\'s in the movies / Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, and Laura Sells -- Breaking the Disney spell / Jack Zipes -- Memory and pedagogy in the Wonderful world of Disney : beyond the politics of innocence / Henry A. Giroux -- Pinocchio / Claudia Card -- Disney does dutch : Billy Bathgate and the Disneyfication of the gangster genre / Robert Haas -- The movie you see, the movie you don\'t : how Disney do\'s that old time derision / Susan Miller and Greg Rode -- Somatexts at the Disney Shop : constructing the pentimentos of women\'s animated bodies / Elizabeth Bell -- The whole wide world was scrubbed clean : the androcentric animation of denatured Disney / Patrick D. Murphy -- Bambi / David Payne -- Beyond Captain Nemo : Disney\'s science fiction / Brian Attebery -- The curse of masculinity : Disney\'s Beauty and the beast / Susan Jeffords -- Where do the mermaids stand? : voice and body in The little mermaid / Laura Sells -- Eighty-six the mother : murder, matricide, and good mothers / Lynda Haas -- Spinsters in sensible shoes : Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and broomsticks / Chris Cuomo -- Pretty woman through the triple lens of Black feminist spectatorship / D. Soyini Madison -- Pachuco Mickey / Ramona Fernandez.
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Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 741.5973 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100533075
3 Day Loan LSAD Library Short Loan 741.5973 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100567891

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From Mouse to Mermaid , an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. 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 volume contemplates Disney's duality as an American icon and as an industry of cultural production, created in and through fifty years of filmmaking. 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. 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. Giroux, Robert Haas, Lynda Haas, Susan Jeffords, N. Soyini Madison, Susan Miller, Patrick Murphy, David Payne, Greg Rode, Laura Sells, and Jack Zipes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Walt\'s in the movies / Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, and Laura Sells -- Breaking the Disney spell / Jack Zipes -- Memory and pedagogy in the Wonderful world of Disney : beyond the politics of innocence / Henry A. Giroux -- Pinocchio / Claudia Card -- Disney does dutch : Billy Bathgate and the Disneyfication of the gangster genre / Robert Haas -- The movie you see, the movie you don\'t : how Disney do\'s that old time derision / Susan Miller and Greg Rode -- Somatexts at the Disney Shop : constructing the pentimentos of women\'s animated bodies / Elizabeth Bell -- The whole wide world was scrubbed clean : the androcentric animation of denatured Disney / Patrick D. Murphy -- Bambi / David Payne -- Beyond Captain Nemo : Disney\'s science fiction / Brian Attebery -- The curse of masculinity : Disney\'s Beauty and the beast / Susan Jeffords -- Where do the mermaids stand? : voice and body in The little mermaid / Laura Sells -- Eighty-six the mother : murder, matricide, and good mothers / Lynda Haas -- Spinsters in sensible shoes : Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and broomsticks / Chris Cuomo -- Pretty woman through the triple lens of Black feminist spectatorship / D. Soyini Madison -- Pachuco Mickey / Ramona Fernandez.

Also issued online.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Walt's in the Movies
  • Section I Sanitizations/Disney Film as Cultural Pedagogy
  • Breaking the Disney Spell
  • Memory and Pedagogy in the "Wonderful World of Disney": Beyond the Politics of Innocence
  • Pinocchio
  • Disney Does Dutch: Billy Bathgate and the Disneyficationof the Gangster Genre
  • The Movie You See, The Movie Don't: How Disney Do's That Old Time Derision
  • Section II Contestations/Disney Film as Gender Construction
  • Somatexts at the Disney Shop: Constructing the Pentimentos of Women's Animated Bodies
  • "The Whole Wide World was Scribbed Clean": The Androcentric Animation of Denatured Disney
  • Bambi
  • Beyond Captain Nemo: Disney's Science Fiction
  • The Curse of Masculinity: Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  • Section III Erasures/Disney Film as Identity Politics
  • "Where Do The Mermaids Stand?"Voice and Body in The Little Mermaid
  • "Eighty-Six the Mother": Murder, Matricide, and Good Mothers
  • Spinsters in Sensible Shoes: Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • Pretty Woman Through the Triple Lens of Black Feminist Spectatorship
  • Pachuco Mickey
  • Contributors
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.

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