Description
Book SynopsisA close critical look at the new Disney canon - using deconstruction as a critical lever to engage with the films themselves, and the wider issues they raise.
Trade Review'What could could be more innocent that Disney animated films? Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan set out to prove how wrong that assumption is in their ideological critique. They join the growing number of critics who argue that Disney's hegemony in the contemporary world ... insightful and uncanny' -- Scope: Online Journnal of Film Studies
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction. Duckology: Political narrative in the age of deconstruction
1. A Specter is Haunting Europe: Disney Rides Again Inter-mission
2. Socialisme ou barbarie: Welcoming Disney
3. Domesticated Animus: Engendering Disney
4. Spectrographies: Conjuring Disney
5. You Can’t Lionise the Lion: Racing Disney
6. Its the Economy Stupid: Bill ‘n’ Disney
7. King of the Swingers: Queering Disney
8. Democracy Limited: Impeaching Disney
Epilogue: Disney Work
Filmography
Index
