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Cartoons in Hard Times: The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War 1932-1945 de Tracey Mollet

Cartoons in Hard Times: The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War 1932-1945

Autor Tracey Mollet
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 apr 2019
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2018Cartoons in Hard Times provides a comprehensive analysis of the short subject animation released by the Walt Disney and Warner Brothers from 1932 and 1945, one of the most turbulent periods in Unites States history. Through a combination of content analysis, historical understanding and archival research, this book sheds new light on a hitherto unexplored area of animation, suggesting the ways in which Disney and Warner Brothers animation engaged with historical, social, economic and political changes in this era. The book also traces the development of animation into a medium fit for propaganda in 1941 and the changes in characters, tone, music and narrative that took place to facilitate this transition. Animation transformed in this era from a medium of entertainment, to a socio-political commentator before finally undertaking government sponsored propaganda during the Second World War.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501351969
ISBN-10: 1501351966
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 100 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Provides historical analysis of the short subject animation Disney and Warner Brothers produced during the Depression and during the War

Notă biografică

Tracey Louise Mollet is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK.

Cuprins

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. The Storyboard So Far2. The Roosevelt Honeymoon 1932-19343. Animating Depression America 1934-19374. International Relations in Animation 1936-19415. Animated Nationalism 1937-19416. Animation at War: Disney, Warner Brothers and the United States Government 1941-19437. Animation at War: Disney, Warner Brothers and War-Time Entertainment 1941-19458. That's All FolksWorks CitedFilmography

Recenzii

An essential guide for animation and film historians, and historians of American social history. Very few books have touched on the cultural significance of the Disney and Warner Brothers animated shorts of the 1930s and 1940s, and few have delved into the kind of precise detail that Mollet employs in her skilled analysis of this important period of American animation.
Mollet offers a close study of those cartoons produced by Disney and Warner's beginning in 1930 with the outset of the Great Depression and concludes with the end of World War II in 1945. Her volume is expertly conceived, scrupulously researched, and smartly written, providing just the right balance between objective information and personal interpretation. This will immediately become the definitive study of this fascinating and unique niche in the history of Hollywood animation.
Offering balanced coverage of the short-form animations of both Walt Disney and Warner Brothers, between 1932 and 1945, Mollet provides a compelling account of how both studios gradually established the persuasive - and at times propagandistic - credentials of animation at a time of significant economic, social, and political transformation. By providing a detailed analysis of the themes, stories, and symbols found in these animated shorts, Mollet's book is sure to become a lasting reference point for readers wishing to learn more about how these films engaged with the prevailing issues of their time.
This an ambitious and tremendously thorough book which sheds light on some neglected areas of animation, in particular early Warners and Disney short cartoons. It will appeal both to students of animation and those interested in American popular culture between 1932 and 1945. It puts cartoons of this period in the context of wider historical events - in particular the depression, Roosevelt and the Second World War - and re-examines the role of animation in the overall history of Hollywood. It not only analyses these cartoons in depth, but also demonstrates the importance of animation in the field of propaganda. In doing all this It highlights some of the lesser known work of some America's pre-eminent animators, including Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, David Hand, Chuck Jones and Frank Tashlin.
Tracey Mollet's Cartoons in Hard Times is the examination of animated shorts that Animation scholars and students have been needing for some time. Its examination of the ways that animation both reflected and played an important role in two periods of intense crisis - the Great Depression and World War II - is one that will fascinate animation scholars and animation fans alike.