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Product details
- ISBN 9781399508070
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jan 2023
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A cultural history of the contemporary Hollywood animated feature, from Toy Story to The Lego Movie
Examines critically a range of prominent contemporary Hollywood animated features
Reveals the aspects which make these texts attractive to multiple audience sections
Situates the genre in its social, cultural, and industrial contexts
Contributes to current debates on children's media
Until the 1990s, animation occupied a relatively marginal presence in Hollywood. Today, it is at the very heart of both the film industry and contemporary popular culture. Charting the major changes and continuities in Hollywood animation over the past thirty years, this groundbreaking book offers an authoritative history of Hollywood animation since the 1990s. Analysing dozens of key films, including The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek, Despicable Me, Frozen and Moana, it examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action. Identifying narrative and thematic patterns, and developments in industry and style, the book explores how animation in the United States both responds to and recapitulates the values, beliefs, hopes and fears of the nation.
Noel Brown is Associate Professor in Film at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He has written several books on aspects of children’s film, family entertainment and animation, including Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2021), The Children’s Film (2017), British Children’s Cinema (2016) and The Hollywood Family Film (2012). He is also editor of The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Film (2022), and series editor of ‘Children’s Film and Television’ for Edinburgh University Press.
