David Mcgowan

Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Broadening the field of star studies to include animation, this pioneering book makes the case that iconic cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse, are legitimate cinematic stars, just as popular human actors are.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Texas
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781477317440
• ISBN-10: 1477317449
• Artikelnr.: 54147281

Autorenporträt

By David McGowan

Inhaltsangabe

1. Acknowledgments
2. Introduction
3. Section I. Stages of Theatrical Stardom
* Chapter 1. Silent Animation and the Development of the Star System
* Chapter 2. Stars and Scandal in the 1930s
* Chapter 3. The Second World War
4. Section II. Conceptualizing Theatrical Animated Stardom
* Chapter 4. The Comedian Comedy
* Chapter 5. Authorship
* Chapter 6. The Studio System
5. Section III. Post-Theatrical Stardom
* Chapter 7. The Animated Television Star
* Chapter 8. The Death of the Animated Star?
6. Notes
7. Works Cited
8. Index