Animated Queerness : LGBTQIA+ Representation in Animated Media.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petridis, Sotiris, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animated films--History and criticism.

Animated films.

Queer theory.

Sexual minorities in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book brings together scholars from different fields to examine the ways and mechanisms animated films represented, suppressed, encoded, and celebrated queer narratives.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction: Mapping Queer Animation Sotiris Petridis (Hellenic Open University, Greece) Part I: Legacies and Lineages: Queer Histories in Animated Worlds 1. Rehoming the Inner Queer Child: Queer Repatriation and the Animated Moomin Universe Alexandra Sanchez (Ghent University, Belgium) 2. Everyone Can Be a Prince: The Queer Legacy of Kunihiko Ikuhara in Western Children's Animation Alessandra Richetto (University of Turin, Italy) 3. Queering the Muppets Sarah E. S. Sinwell (University of Utah, USA) Part II: Fandoms, Subversions, and Queer Readings 4. From Sea Monster to Gay Symbol: Analyzing Luca and Its Queer Reception Within Pixar's Brand Community Sotiris Petridis (Hellenic Open University, Greece) 5. Coraline: The Horror of Heteronormativity Sarah DelMaramo (Illinois State University, USA) 6. Make Earth Gay Again: How Steven Universe Rocked the Small Screen and Shattered Narratives of Compulsory Cisgender Identity Olivia Vogt (University of Lapland, Finland) 7. “That Might Make You Weird, But It Also Makes You Awesome!” Queer Aesthetics and Gender Fluidity in The Owl House and Adventure Time Karyl Anne Fischer (Jefferson Community and Technical College, USA) Part III: Intersectional Identities and Politics of Animated Queerness 8. Censoring Queerness: The Politics of Children’s Media in Cameroon Floribert Patrick C. Endong (University of Dschang, Cameroon) 9. “Hey, Adora!”: Queer Recognition and Queer Seeing in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Lulu Larcenciel (Brock University, Canada) 10. Gay Pride and Marriage Equality in Xadia: Queer Lives in Netflix’s The Dragon Prince Aidan Norrie (University Campus North Lincolnshire, UK) Part IV : New Frontiers: Queerness, and the Contemporary Animation 11. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Queerness, Posthumanism, and the Intersections of Identity Dalila Forni (University of L’Aquila, Italy) 12. Queerness and Social Awareness in Nimona’s Cinematic Universe Despoina Triantafyllidou (Aristotle University, Greece) 13. Queering Exploration: The Strange and the Familiar in Disney’s Strange World Anupom Kumar Hazarika (Cotton University, India) Notes on Contributors Index

ISBN:

979-82-16-38344-4

979-82-16-38345-1

OCLC:

1583177933