Emerson Goes to the Movies : Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films.

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Fruzinska, Justyna

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TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781443869157
1443869155

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Emerson Goes to the Movies : Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films.DDC classification:

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Contents:

Introduction -- Individualism and the spirit of America -- If you have seen one you have seen them all, or The model plot of Disney films -- Individualizing the classics, or How Disney's version changes the values behind literary works: Treasure Planet, The little mermaid -- The other is the same, or Transculturality of individualism: Pocahontas, Aladdin -- "I will make a man out of you," or The problematic female individualism: Beauty and the beast, Mulan -- The city upon a hill strikes back, or Individualism on a national scale: Atlantis: the lost empire -- Is there a class in this text? The hunchback of Notre Dame, A bug's life -- Conclusion.

Summary: Emerson Goes to the Movies: Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films traces the theme of Emersonian individualism in the Walt Disney Company's post-1989 animated films, to reveal that the philosopher's influence extends not only over American literature, but also over American popular culture, in this case Disney cartoons. It proves that individualism in its Emersonian formulation of self-reliance, even if questionable in late 20th and 21st century literature, is still ...

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Emerson Goes to the Movies: Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films traces the theme of Emersonian individualism in the Walt Disney Company's post-1989 animated films, to reveal that the philosopher's influence extends not only over American literature, but also over American popular culture, in this case Disney cartoons. It proves that individualism in its Emersonian formulation of self-reliance, even if questionable in late 20th and 21st century literature, is still ...