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Special affects : cinema, animation and the translation of consumer culture / Eric S. Jenkins.
LIBRA PN1993.5.U6 J46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Eric S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Economic aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Animated films--Economic aspects--United States.
- Animated films.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects.
- Animated films--Social aspects.
- Motion pictures--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Animated films--Social aspects--United States.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Affect (Psychology).
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Walt Disney Productions.
- Physical Description:
- 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Special Affects retells the emergence of Disney animation and classical Hollywood cinema from the perspective of affect and the embodied modes of generating affection. The emergence of these media enables new modes of perception that create 'special' sensations of wonder, astonishment, marvel, and the fantastic. Such affections subsequently become mined by consumer industries for profit, thereby explaining the connection between media and consumerism that today seems inherent to the culture industry. Such modes and their affections are also translated into ideology, as American culture seeks to make sense of the sociocultural changes accompanying these new media, particularly as specific versions of American Dream narratives. Special Affects is the first extended exploration of the connection between media and consumerism, and the first book to extensively apply Deleuzian film theory to animation. Its exploration of the connection between the animated form and consumerism, and its re-examination of 20th century animation from the perspective of affect, makes this an engaging and essential read for film-philosophy scholars and students. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Astonishment and the Fantastic in live-Action Cinema 27
- 3 Say Cheese! The Cinematic Lifestyle Consumer 59
- 4 Animation's Marvel and the Graphic Narrative Mode 87
- 5 Of Mice and Mimesis: The Wondrous Spark of Disney 110
- 6 Mutual Affection-Images and Daydreaming Consumers 139
- 7 The Disney Version of the American Dream 168
- 8 Walt and Wall-E in Control Society 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780748695478
- 0748695478
- OCLC:
- 873746668
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