Reading the rabbit : explorations in Warner Bros. animation / edited by Kevin S. Sandler.

Other author Sandler, Kevin S., 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Looney Tunes and Merry Metonyms / Kevin S. Sandler -- A short critical history of Warner Bros. cartoons / Barry Putterman -- From Disney to Warner Bros. : the critical shift / Timothy R. White -- Charlie Thorson and the temporary Disneyfication of Warner Bros. cartoons / Gene Walz -- From vaudeville to Hollywood, from silence to sound : Warner Bros. cartoons of the early sound era / Hank Sartin -- The image of the hillbilly in Warner Bros. cartoons of the thirties / Michael Frierson -- The view from Termite Terrace : caricature and parody in Warner Bros. animation / Donald Crafton -- Darker shades of animation : African-American images in the Warner Bros. cartoon / Terry Lindvall and Ben Fraser -- "Ah, love! Zee grand illusion!" : Pepé le Pew, narcissism, and cats in the Casbah / Kirsten Moana Thompson -- Gendered evasion : Bugs Bunny in drag / Kevin S. Sandler -- Selling Bugs Bunny : Warner Bros. and character merchandising in the nineties / Lindy Simensky -- Fans versus Time Warner : who owns Looney Tunes? / Bill Mikulak -- Hybrid cinema : the Mask, masques, and Tex Avery / Norman M. Klein.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-255) and index.
LCCN 97039174
ISBN0813525373 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813525381 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks NC1766.U52 W37365 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold