{"product_id":"the-animated-bestiary-animals-cartoons-and-culture-paperback-softback-9780813544151","title":"The Animated Bestiary; Animals, Cartoons, and Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813544151","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Animated Bestiary\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnimals, Cartoons, and Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Wells (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813544151\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages, 29\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWells has proven himself to be a leading scholar of animation and has here produced a solid piece of scholarship that shows an incredible breadth of knowledge.\u003c\/div\u003e - Eric Smoodin (author of Regarding Frank Capra: Audience, Celebrity,and American Film Studies,) \u003cdiv\u003eWells has proven himself to be a leading scholar of animation and has here produced a solid piece of scholarship that shows an incredible breadth of knowledge.\u003c\/div\u003e - Eric Smoodin (author of Regarding Frank Capra: Audience, Celebrity,and American Film Studies,)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Cartoonists and animators have given animals human characteristics for so long that audiences are now accustomed to seeing Bugs Bunny singing opera and Mickey Mouse walking his dog Pluto. \u003cp\u003e The Animated Bestiary critically evaluates the depiction of animals in cartoons and animation more generally. Paul Wells argues that artists use animals to engage with issues that would be more difficult to address directly because of political, religious, or social taboos. Consequently, and principally through anthropomorphism, animation uses animals to play out a performance of gender, sex and sexuality, racial and national traits, and shifting identity, often challenging how we think about ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Wells draws on a wide range of examples, from the original King Kongto Nick Park's Chicken Run to Disney cartoonsÙsuch as Tarzan, The Jungle Book, and Brother BearÙto reflect on people by looking at the ways in which they respond to animals in cartoons and films. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe bear who wasn't : bestial ambivalence\u003cbr\u003e Of mice and men : what do animals mean?\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003eI don't care what you say, I'm cold\"\u003cbr\u003e : anthropomorphism, practice, narrative\u003cbr\u003e Which came first, the chicken or the egg? : performance, philosophy, tradition\u003cbr\u003e Creature comforted : animal politics, animated memory\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739549626648,"sku":"9780813544151","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-animated-bestiary-animals-cartoons-and-culture-paperback-softback-9780813544151","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}