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1 online resource (181 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Disney, film, and morality : a beginning -- The Lion King : moral educator through myth, archetype, and ritual -- Pocahontas : the symbolic boundaries of moral order -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame : comically framing virtue and vice -- Hercules : a celebrity-hero -- Mulan : East meets West -- A Disney worldview : mixed moral messages |
| Summary |
"Through the worldview perspective, this book comes to grips with the incongruous moralities in Disney. It enables both parents and educators to gain a critical understanding of Disney content without being judgmental or promotional for the wrong reasons. ... Mouse Morality is a pleasure to read and discuss in itself, but shows the pathway to media criticism of the first order."--The Foreword Kids around the world love Disney animated films, and many of their parents trust the Disney corporation to provide wholesome, moral entertainment for their children. Yet frequent protests and even boycotts of Disney products and practices reveal a widespread unease with the sometimes mixed and inconsistent moral values espoused in Disney films as the company attempts to appeal to the largest possible audience. In this book, Annalee R. Ward uses a variety of analytical tools based in rhetorical criticism to examine the moral messages taught in five recent Disney animated films--The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Mulan. Taking the films on their own terms, she uncovers the many mixed messages they purvey: for example, females can be leaders--but male leadership ought to be the norm stereotyping is wrong--but black means evil historical truth is valued--but only tell what one can sell, etc. Adding these messages together, Ward raises important questions about the moral ambiguity of Disney's overall worldview and demonstrates the need for parents to be discerning in letting their children learn moral values and life lessons from Disney films. --Publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Walt Disney Company
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Walt Disney Company fast |
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Walt Disney Company Burbank, Calif. gnd |
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Walt Disney Company. swd |
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Animated films -- United States -- Themes, motives
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Animated films -- Themes, motives
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Zeichentrickfilm
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Weltanschauung
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United States
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001008475 |
| ISBN |
0292798660 |
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9780292798663 |
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