Analyzing Adventure Time : Critical Essays on Cartoon Network's World of Ooo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Paul A.

Series:

Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series

Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series ; v.84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure time (Television program).

Animated television programs--United States--History and criticism.

Animated television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"In 2010, Cartoon Network debuted a new animated series called Adventure Time, and within just a few short years the show became both a pop culture phenomenon and a critical darling. But despite all the admiration, not many works of scholarship have assessed the show through a critical lens. This anthology is an attempt to fill this scholarly oversight and spark a wider conversation about the show's deeper themes. Across 15 scholarly essays, this book's contributors study Adventure Time from a variety of angles, proving just how insightful the series really is. From a consideration of BMO's queer identity to a psychoanalytic reading of Lemongrab and an examination of how anime has impacted the show, the topics explored in this anthology are diverse and unique and are likely to appeal to scholars and fans alike"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Paul A. Thomas

Prelude : the three levels of Adventure Time / Paul A. Thomas

Be more than the binary : experiencing queer subjectivity with BMO / Olivia M. Vogt

From censorship to "obsidian" : a critical and historical look at "Bubbline" / Mage Hadley

Rainbows and unicorns : the influence of Bubbline on apocalyptic film and animation / Steven Holmes

"Get your hero on, dude!" : charting Jake's growth as a positive masculine role model / Bridget M. Blodgett and Anastasia Salter

Yellow voices and rainbow bodies : accent, multilingualism, and the politics of representation in Adventure Time / Camille Chane

Mikhail Bakhtin in the Land of Ooo : the carnivalesque, heteroglossia, and the fun that never ends / Aaron Kerner and Birdy Wei-Ting Hung

"And we will happen again and again" : Adventure Time and the Sisyphean struggle / Sequoia Stone

What time is it? Postmodernity! Postmodern praxis in Adventure Time / Jenine Oosthuizen

Making a new meaning for man in the Land of Ooo : object oriented ontology, the nonhuman, and difference in distant lands / Al Valentín

Too close for comfort : on Finn the human and Princess Bubblegum's relationship / Zhi Hwee Goh

Of Lacan and lemons : a psychoanalytic reading of season six's "The Mountain" / Paul A. Thomas

Trauma and the body in Adventure Time / Steven Kielich

The Japanese spirit and aesthetic in western animation : the influence of anime on Adventure Time / Kendra N. Sheehan

"Bad jubies" : giving value to the intangible in artistic professions / Catalina Millán Scheiding.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Thomas, Paul A. Analyzing Adventure Time

ISBN:

1-4766-4909-X

OCLC:

1390560786