Description
Book Synopsis Over the last century, the medium of animation has served as an expression of childhood as well as a method of subverting the expectations of what society has promised for the future. Separated into three parts, this work assembles various explorations of taste, culture and passion through animation.
Section I features essays that outline the historical changes in art and society that gave rise to an outsider culture that found a home in animation. In the second section, essays examine the practical use of animation as a voice for the underserved. Finally, in Section III, essays analyze the ways in which animation has reshaped the acceptance of outsider status to embrace otherness. Featuring everything from feature-length films to self-produced YouTube videos, the essays in this text reflect a shared love of animation and its unique ability to comment on society and culture.
Trade ReviewA succinct and well-written introduction to the cultural utility of animated cartoons"—Philip L. Simpson, Eastern Florida State College
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Brian N. Duchaney and David S. Silverman
- Part I: Historical Constructs and the Rise of Subversiveness
- Saturday Morning Trojan Mouse: The Origin of the Creator-Driven Television Cartoon
- Lev Cantoral and Tyler Solon Williams
- Capitalization in a Half-Shell: Multimedia, Cross-Demographic Marketing of Animated and Comic Content from Mickey to Michelangelo
- Jared Bahir Browsh
- "Someone's coming! Act natural": Visions of Animated Childhood in 1990s America
- Jane Batkin
- Part II: Rethinking American Culture Through Social Challenges
- Rocko's Modern Life and the Pains of Early Adulting
- Adrián García
- Shrek and the Art of Subversion
- Chandrama Basu
- "Once again, the day is saved": How the Subversive Feminism of The Powerpuff Girls Permanently Changed Television Animation
- David Perlmutter
- We Need to Talk About The Lego Movie! Social Commentary and Consumer Culture in the LEGO-verse
- Sasha Dilan Krugman
- Part III: Modern America and the Transformation of Social Order
- "This is me now!" Gene's Gender Play in Bob's Burgers
- Dan Abitz
- Giving Cinderella a Girlfriend: Queerness and Subversion in Non/Disney Fan Videos
- Danielle Hart
- "Who are you? Who am I!?" The Raunchy Identity Moratorium in Netflix's Big Mouth
- Marcus Mallard
- Daria: Still Standing on Our Necks, Then and
- David S. Silverman
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
