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Meinel, Dietmar.

Pixar's Americathe re-animation of American myths and symbols /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Pixar's Americaby Dietmar Meinel.
Reminder of title:	the re-animation of American myths and symbols /
Author:	Meinel, Dietmar.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016.
Description:	xi, 240 p. :digital ;22 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Animated filmsSocial aspectsUnited States.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31634-5
ISBN:	9783319316345$q(electronic bk.)

Pixar's Americathe re-animation of American myths and symbols /
Meinel, Dietmar.

Pixar's Americathe re-animation of American myths and symbols /[electronic resource] :by Dietmar Meinel. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - xi, 240 p. :digital ;22 cm.

Introduction: Exceptional Animations; The Rise to Popularity: The Pixar Studios and Digital Animation -- Chapter 1; Transnational Aesthetics? The Animation and Mediation of American Culture -- Chapter 2 "You Better Play Nice:" Digital Enchantment and the Performance of Toyness in Toy Story (1995) Fearful Sheriff Dolls and Oblivious Space Ranger Action Figures Stupid, Little, Insignificant Toys -- Chapter 3; An Animated Toast to the Ephemeral: The Multicultural Logic of Late Capitalism in Toy Story 2 (1999) -- Chapter 4; Chapter 9; Driving In Circles: The American Puritan Jeremiad in Cars (2006) Narratives of Individual and National Decline -- Chapter 10; Animating a Yet Unimagined America? The Mediation of American Exceptionalism in Toy Story 3 (2010)

This book examines the popular and critically acclaimed films of Pixar Animation Studios in their cultural and historical context. Whether interventionist sheriff dolls liberating oppressed toys (Toy Story) or exceptionally talented rodents hoping to fulfill their dreams (Ratatouille), these cinematic texts draw on popular myths and symbols of American culture. As Pixar films refashion traditional American figures, motifs and narratives for contemporary audiences, this book looks at their politics - from the frontier myth in light of traditional gender roles (WALL-E) to the notion of voluntary associations and neoliberalism (The Incredibles) Through close readings, this volume considers the aesthetics of digital animation, including voice-acting and the simulation of camera work, as further mediations of the traditional themes and motifs of American culture in novel form. Dietmar Meinel explores the ways in which Pixar films come to reanimate and remediate prominent myths and symbols of American culture in all their cinematic, ideological and narrative complexity.

ISBN: 9783319316345$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-31634-5doiSubjects--Corporate Names:

470861
Pixar (Firm)
Subjects--Topical Terms:

366928
Animated films
--Social aspects--United States.

LC Class. No.: NC1766.U52

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43340973

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