Cartoons in Hard Times: The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War 1932-1945
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (972 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501328778 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tracey Louise Mollet is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK.
* Chris Pallant, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK * This an ambitious and tremendously thorough book which sheds light on some neglected areas of animation, in particular early Warners and Disney short cartoons. * Amy M. It will appeal both to students of animation and those interested in American popular culture between 1932 and 1945. Its examination of the ways that animation both reflected and played an important role in two periods of intense crisis - the Great Depression and World War II - is one that will fascinate animation scholars and animation fans alike. Mollet offers a close study of those cartoons produced by Disney and Warner's beginning in 1930 with the outset of the Great Depression and concludes with the end of World War II in 1945. * Douglas Brode, author of From Walt To Woodstock: How Disney Created the Counterculture * Offering balanced coverage of the short-form animations of both Wal
Cartoons in Hard Times provides a comprehensive analysis of the short subject animation released by the Walt Disney and Warner Brothers from 1932 and 1945, one of the most turbulent periods in Unites States history. Animation transformed in this era from a medium of entertainment, to a socio-political commentator before finally undertaking government sponsored propaganda during the Second World War.. Through a combination of content analysis, historical understanding and archival research, this book sheds new light on a hitherto unexplored area of animation, suggesting the ways in which Dis