{"product_id":"disneys-most-notorious-film-9780292756779","title":"Disneys Most Notorious Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood’s most notorious films, Disney’s Song of the South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisney’s Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Texas, 2012) does more than dissect a film and the pros and cons around it. In its own way, it reveals that Song of the South, more or less by accident, holds a mirror to American views on race, with beauty or the lack thereof completely in the eyes of the beholder. * PopMatters *\u003cbr\u003eThis study is meticulously researched and current on contemporary research, and though it reads slowly…the payoff is worth the work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- S. R. Kozloff, Vassar College * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis excellent study of the controversy surrounding Disney’s \u003ci\u003eSong of the South\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of one of the studio’s most controversial films…Jason Sperb has produced an important analysis of one of popular culture’s most hotly debated products. * The Historian *\u003cbr\u003eJason Sperb’s \u003ci\u003eDisney’s Most Notorious Film\u003c\/i\u003e quickly overcomes any concern that there might be nothing new to say about \u003ci\u003eSong of the South\u003c\/i\u003e by demonstrating how surprisingly “persistent” the film has been. * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003eWhile Sperb's conclusions of conscious racism are debatable, his meticulous documentation of \u003ci\u003eSong of the South\u003c\/i\u003e merchandising through sixty years and its other cultural references…make \u003ci\u003eDisney's Most Notorious Film\u003c\/i\u003e an essential reference tool to those interested in \u003ci\u003eSotS\u003c\/i\u003e-iana. * Animation World Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Conditions of Possibility: The Disney Studios, Postwar \"Thermidor,\" and the Ambivalent Origins of Song of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. \"Put Down the Mint Julep, Mr. Disney\": Postwar Racial Consciousness and Disney's Critical Legacy in the 1946 Reception of Song of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. \"Our Most Requested Movie\": Media Convergence, Black Ambivalence, and the Reconstruction of Song of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. A Past That Never Existed: Coonskin, Post-racial Whiteness, and Rewriting History in the Era of Reaganism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. On Tar Babies and Honey Pots: Splash Mountain, \"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,\" and the Transmedia Dissipation of Song of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Reassuring Convergence: New Media, Nostalgia, and the Internet Fandom of Song of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix. Timeline for Song of the South and Its Paratexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400876532055,"sku":"9780292756779","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292756779.jpg?v=1730471815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disneys-most-notorious-film-9780292756779","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}