Deconstructing Disney
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Deconstructing Disney

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Deconstructing Disney

About this book

Demonising Disney is nothing new. Disney films have long been synonymous with a certain conservative, patriarchal, heterosexual ideology, occupying a centre-stage position at the heart of the evil empire. Deconstructing Disney takes issue with knee-jerk polarities, overturning classical oppositions and recognising that, just as the Disney 'text' has changed, so too must the terms of critical engagement. This book is a sharply focused deconstruction of the political culture - and the cultural politics - of the Disney canon in the years since the emergence of the so-called New World Order. Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan offer a critical encounter with Disney which alternates between readings of individual texts and wider thematic concerns such as race, gender and sexuality, the broader context of American contemporary culture, and the global ambitions and insularity of the last great superpower. The movies discussed include The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Pocohontas, Snow White, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Hercules and Mulan.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction Duckology: Political Narrative in the Age of Deconstruction
  4. 1 A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Disney Rides Again
  5. Intermission
  6. 2 Socialisme ou barbarie: Welcoming Disney
  7. 3 Domesticated Animus: Engendering Disney
  8. 4 Spectographies: Conjuring Disney
  9. 5 'You Can't Lionise the Lion': Racing Disney
  10. 6 It's the Economy, Stupid: Bill 'n' Disney
  11. 7 King of the Swingers: Queering Disney
  12. 8 Democracy Limited: Impeaching Disney
  13. Epilogue: Disney Work
  14. Filmography
  15. Notes
  16. Index