Rutherford / Baker Disney and Popular Culture

A Celebration of 100 Years of Disney
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-06736-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 195 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies

As The Walt Disney Company celebrates 100 years of fairy-tale magic, this collection of essays encapsulates this long and successful journey. From its beginnings as Laugh-O-Gram in the early 1920s, the two-man operation has become a multi-billion-dollar corporation that is a world leader in media communications. Their magical stories have continued across generations, supported by film, theme parks, and merchandise, all of which have made Disney a household name. This collection seeks to celebrate these stories, both historically and within present-day times, examining the relevance and importance of the world of Disney in popular culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rutherford, Amanda

Baker, Sarah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction – A Century of Disney - Amanda Rutherford and Sarah Baker.- Time, Design, and Method.- 2. Tales of time: 100 years of Walt Disney’s magic - Amanda Rutherford.- 3. The Enduring Influence of Walt Disney on User Experience (UX) Design - Ricky Tucker, UX/UI designer for Louisiana's Office of Technology Services.- 4. Mary Blair & the Making of Cinderella (1950)  - Gabrielle Stecher, Woodward- 5. Surface Echoes, Ancient Roots: How Marvel Breathed New Life into the Norse Myths - Kevin Fylan.- 6. Animating Emotions: Exploring Emotional Memory in Disney and Pixar Films Focusing on its representation forms, meanings, and effects - Kyoung-suk Sung.- De-and-Reconstructing gender.- 7. Waiting for New Princes Charming. Male Identity from Fairy Tale to the Disney Universe - Dalia Forni.- 8. Body modification to win a prince: The Cinderella tale of enhancement in modern society - Amanda Rutherford.- 9. Sounding Silence: Fathoming the Feminist Dialogics of Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid  -Maryna Matlock.- 10. A Whole New World: Reinventing the Fairy Tale Prince in Disney - Ritika Chhabra.- Expanding representations of family.- 11. From Heteronormative to Queer Kinship: Disney’s Patterns of Parenthood over the Century - Thanong Aupitak.- 12. “The Stars Don’t Shine, They Burn”: Perfectionism in Disney’s Encanto (2021)  - Jelena Pataki Šumiga.- 13. “The Perfect Child, The Strong One, and The Cycle Breaker: Personifying Intergenerational Trauma Responses in Disney’s Encanto - Julie Thompson.-14. In and out and In again: Disney’s now you see it now you don’t queer representation - Sarah Baker.- Monsters at the door.- 15. Creepiest Place on Earth: The Dark Side of Disney - Sarah Baker.- 16.  “He’s More Machine Now than Man; Twisted and Evil”: Gothic Villains and Technology in the Star Wars Sequel 
Trilogy Antonio Sanna.

Über Autor(innen)

Amanda Rutherford is a Lecturer in the School of Language and Culture at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Sarah Baker is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa, New Zealand.