Cartoons in Hard Times - The Animated Shorts of Disney Warner Brothers in Depression War 1932

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2018 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.>

Product details

• Authors: Tracey Mollet, Tracey (University of Leeds Mollet
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781501351969
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-5196-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Animation, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, History and Archaeology, Cinema Industry, Animated films and animation, Film history, theory or criticism