| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 225 pages) |
| Series |
The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series |
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Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
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| Contents |
WDAS's Problematic Portrayal of Food Farming -- Hunting and Fishing in WDAS Films -- Clothing and Other Objects Made from Animals -- Pets and Working Animals in WDAS Films -- Animal "Entertainers" in WDAS Films -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book critically examines how Walt Disney Animation Studios has depicted - and sometimes failed to depict - different forms of harming and objectifying non-human animals in their films. Each chapter addresses a different form of animal harm and objectification through the theories of speciesism, romanticism, and the 'collapse of compassion effect, from farming, hunting and fishing, to clothing, work, and entertainment. Stanton lucidly presents the dichotomy between depictions of higher order, anthropomorphised and neotonised animal characters and that of lower-order species, showing furthermore how these depictions are closely linked to changing social attitudes about acceptable forms of animal harm. An engaging and novel contribution to the field of Critical Animal Studies, this book explores the use of animals not only in Disneys best known animated films such as 101 Dalmatians, but also lesser known features including Home on the Range and Fun and Fancy Free. A quantitative appendix supplying data on how often each animal species appears and the amount of times animal harm or objectification is depicted in over fifty films provides an invaluable resource and addition to scholars working in both Disney and animal studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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| SUBJECT |
Walt Disney Animation Studios fast |
| Subject |
Animals in motion pictures.
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Disney characters.
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Animal welfare -- Caricatures and cartoons
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Animated films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Animal welfare
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Animals in motion pictures
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Animated films
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Disney characters
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Caricatures and cartoons
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030493165 |
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3030493164 |
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