This work is a wide-ranging survey of American children's film that provides detailed analysis of the political implications of these films, as well as a discussion of how movies intended for children have come to be so persistently charged with meaning.
Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films provides wide-ranging scrutiny of one of the most lucrative American entertainment genres. Beyond entertaining childrenâand parentsâand ringing up merchandise sales, are these films attempting to shape the political views of young viewers? M. Keith Booker examines this question with a close reading of dozens of films from Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and other studios, debunking some out-there claimsâThe Ant Bully communist propaganda?âwhile seriously considering the political content of each film.
Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films recaps the entire history of movies for young viewersâfrom Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to this year's Upâthen focuses on the extraordinary output of children's films in the last two decades. What Booker finds is that by and large, their lessons are decidedly, comfortably mainstream and any political subtext more often than not is inadvertent. Booker also offers some advice to parents for helping children read films in a more sophisticated way.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Personal Prologue
- 1 Disney Does America: A Political History of Childrenâs Film
- 2 Disney after Disney: The Fall and Rise and Fall of Disneyâs Dominance in Childrenâs Film
- 3 Magic Goes High-Tech: Pixar and the Childrenâs Film in the Age of Digital Reproduction
- 4 The Contemporary Challenge to Disney: Dreamworks and Others
- Conclusion: The Politics of Childrenâs Film: What Hollywood Is Really Teaching Our Children
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Films Cited
- Index
- About the Author
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