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Cartoons in hard times : the animated shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in depression and war 1932-1945

Title: Cartoons in hard times : the animated shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in depression and war 1932-1945 / Tracey Louise Mollet.
Author: Mollet, Tracey Louise
Publication: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2017]

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Description

ix, 197 pages : black and white illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Cartoons in Hard Times provides a comprehensive analysis of the short subject animation released by the Walt Disney and Warner Brothers from 1932 and 1945, one of the most turbulent periods in Unites States history. Through a combination of content analysis, historical understanding and archival research, this book sheds new light on a hitherto unexplored area of animation, suggesting the ways in which Disney and Warner Brothers animation engaged with historical, social, economic and political changes in this era. The book also traces the development of animation into a medium fit for propaganda in 1941 and the changes in characters, tone, music and narrative that took place to facilitate this transition. Animation transformed in this era from a medium of entertainment, to a socio-political commentator before finally undertaking government sponsored propaganda during the Second World War.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
Includes filmography (pages 190-193).

Contents

The storyboard so far -- The Roosevelt honeymoon 1932-1934 -- Animating depression America 1934-1937 -- International relations in animation 1936-1941 -- Animated nationalism 1937-1941 -- Animation at war: Disney, Warner Brothers and the United States government 1941-1943 -- Animation at war: Disney, Warner Brothers and war-time entertainment 1941-1945 -- That's all folks.

Call Number

JFE 17-11292

ISBN

9781501328770
1501328778

LCCN

2017014775

OCLC

993623807

Author

Mollet, Tracey Louise, author.

Title

Cartoons in hard times : the animated shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in depression and war 1932-1945 / Tracey Louise Mollet.

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2017]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.

Includes filmography (pages 190-193).

Research Call Number

JFE 17-11292

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