Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s

Noel Brown

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Contemporary Hollywood Animation

Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s

Noel Brown

In the series Traditions in American Cinema

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474410571

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About this book

A cultural history of the contemporary Hollywood animated feature, from Toy Story to The Lego Movie

Examines critically a range of prominent contemporary Hollywood animated features
Reveals the aspects which make these texts attractive to multiple audience sections
Situates the genre in its social, cultural, and industrial contexts
Contributes to current debates on children’s media

Until the 1990s, animation occupied a relatively marginal presence in Hollywood. Today, it is at the very heart of both the film industry and contemporary popular culture. Charting the major changes and continuities in Hollywood animation over the past thirty years, this groundbreaking book offers an authoritative history of Hollywood animation since the 1990s. Analysing dozens of key films, including The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek, Despicable Me, Frozen and Moana, it examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action. Identifying narrative and thematic patterns, and developments in industry and style, the book explores how animation in the United States both responds to and recapitulates the values, beliefs, hopes and fears of the nation.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Change and Continuity: The Making of Contemporary Hollywood Animation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Crossing Boundaries: Families, Audiences and the Mainstream Aesthetic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Hollywood Animation, Late Modernity and Contemporary America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. Ways of Being: Identity and Hollywood Animation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
5. On the Borders: Children’s Horror and Indiewood Animation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Select Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Other: 14 B/W illustrations 6 B/W tables
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474410571