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Diversity in Disney films :

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0786446013

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1476600090

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9780786446018

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9781476600093

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Diversity in Disney films :

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[Book]

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critical essays on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Johnson Cheu

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viii, 307 pages ;

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23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-283) and index

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Beyond the fairest : essays on race and ethnicity -- Traditions and transformations : essays on gender and sexuality -- Of beasts and innocents : essays on disability -- Up and out : essays on reimaginings and new visions

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Re-casting and diversifying Disney in the age of globalization / Johnson Cheu -- section I. Beyond the fairest: essays on race and ethnicity. Cannibals and coons: blackness in the early days of Walt Disney / Kheli R. Willetts -- Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros: the representation of Latin America in Disney's "good neighbor" films / Karen S. Goldman -- Mapping the imaginary: the Neverland of Disney Indians / Prajna Parasher -- A "vexing implication": Siamese cats and Orientalist mischief-making / Kimiko Akita and Rick Kenney -- White man's best friend: race and privilege in Oliver and Company / Natchee Blu Barnd -- Blackness, bayous and gumbo: encoding and decoding race in a colorblind world / Sarah E. Turner -- section II. Traditions and transformations: essays on gender and sexuality. Fighting the Cold War with Pinocchio, Bambi and Dumbo / Danielle Glassmeyer -- "You the man, well, sorta": gender binaries and liminality in Mulan / Gwendolyn LImbach -- "What do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the hula?": Timon and Pumbaa's alternative lifestyle dilemma in The Lion King / Gael Sweeney -- Mean ladies: transgendered villains in Disney films / Amanda Putnam -- section III. Of beasts and innocents: essays on disability. "You're a surprise from every angle": disability, identity and otherness in The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Martin F. Norden -- Dopey's legacy: stereotypical portrayals of intellectual disability in the classic animated films / Karen Schwartz, Zana Marie Lutfiyya and Nancy Hansen -- A place at the table: on being human in the Beauty and the Beast tradition / Tammy Berberi and Viktor Berberi -- section IV. Up and out: essays on reimaginings and new visions. Is Disney avant-garde? A comparative analysis of Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Jan Svankmajer's Alice (1989) / William Verrone -- (Indivi)duality in Return to Oz: reflection and revision / Ana Salzberg -- Securing the virtual frontier for whiteness in Tron / Michael Green -- A womb with a phew! Post-humanist theory and Pixar's Wall-E / Walter C. Metz -- Home is where the heart is: Pixar's Up / Dennis Tyler -- Filmography

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"This essay collection gathers recent scholarship on representations of diversity in Disney and Disney/Pixar films, exploring not only race and gender, but also newer areas of study. Covering a wide array of films this compendium highlights the social impact of the entertainment giant and reveals its cultural significance in shaping our global citizenry"--Provided by publisher

Pixar (Firm)

Walt Disney Productions

Animated films-- United States-- History and criticism

Disabilities in motion pictures

Ethnicity in motion pictures

Motion pictures-- United States-- History and criticism

People with disablities in motion pictures

Race in motion pictures

Sex role in motion pictures

People with disablities in motion pictures

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Cheu, Johnson,1969-

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20190424120200.0

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