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The idea of nature in Disney animation-from Snow White to WALL-E / by David Whitley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the presentPublication details: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781409479383
  • 1409479382
  • 1317028031
  • 9781317028031
  • 1317028023
  • 9781317028024
  • 1280689951
  • 9781280689956
  • 9786613666895
  • 6613666890
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Idea of nature in Disney animation-from Snow White to WALL-E.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/66 23
LOC classification:
  • NC1766.U52 D594 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1: Fairy Tale Adaptations -- 1 Domesticating Nature: Snow White and Fairy Tale Adaptation -- 2 Healing the Rift: Human and Animal Nature in The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -- Part 3: Tropical Environments -- 5 The Jungle Book: Nature and the Politics of Identity -- 6 Tropical Discourse: Unstable Ecologies in Tarzan, The Lion King and Finding Nemo -- Part 4: New Developments -- 7 WALL-E: Nostalgia and the Apocalypse of Trash -- Conclusion.
Summary: In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. Beginning with his examination of Snow White, Whitley compelling study complicates our understanding of the classic Disney canon and demonstrates the crucial role the films' depictions of the natural world play in shaping children's understanding of contested environmental issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Fairy Tale Adaptations -- 1 Domesticating Nature: Snow White and Fairy Tale Adaptation -- 2 Healing the Rift: Human and Animal Nature in The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -- Part 3: Tropical Environments -- 5 The Jungle Book: Nature and the Politics of Identity -- 6 Tropical Discourse: Unstable Ecologies in Tarzan, The Lion King and Finding Nemo -- Part 4: New Developments -- 7 WALL-E: Nostalgia and the Apocalypse of Trash -- Conclusion.

In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. Beginning with his examination of Snow White, Whitley compelling study complicates our understanding of the classic Disney canon and demonstrates the crucial role the films' depictions of the natural world play in shaping children's understanding of contested environmental issues.

English.

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