Carol Stabile

Prime Time Animation

Television Animation and American Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors explore a series of key issues and questions, including: How do we explain the animation explosion of the 1960s? Why did it take nearly twenty years following the cancellation of "The Flintstones" for animation to find its feet again as primetime fare? In addressing these questions, as well as many others, essays in the first section examine the relation between earlier, made-for-cinema animated production (such as the Warner "Looney Toons" shorts) and television-based animation; the role of animation in the economies of broadcast and cable television; and the links between animation production and brand image. Contributors also examine specific programs like "The Powerpuff Girls," "Daria," "The Simpsons," "Ren and Stimpy" and "South Park" from the perspective of fans, exploring fan cybercommunities, investigating how ideas of "class" and "taste" apply to recent TV animation, and addressing themes such as irony, alienation, and representations of the family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415283267
• ISBN-10: 0415283264
• Artikelnr.: 21405090

Autorenporträt

Authored by Stabile, Carol

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Images Introduction - Prime Time
Animation: An Overview Carol A. Stabile and Mark Harrison Part 1:
Institutions: 1. 'Smarter than the Average Art Form': Animation in the
Television Era Paul Wells 2. The Great Saturday Morning Exile: Scheduling
Cartoons on Television's Periphery in the 1960s Jason Mittell 3. Re-Drawing
the Bottom Line Allen Larson 4. Flintstones to Futurama: Networks and Prime
Time Animation David T. McMahan and Wendy Hilton-Morrow 5. Synergy Nirvana:
Brand Equity, Television Animation, and Cartoon Network Kevin Sandler 6.
The Digital Turn: Animation in the Age of Information Technologies Alice
Crawford Part 2: Readings: 7. Back to the Drawing Board: The Family in
Animated Television Comedy Michael Tueth 8. From Fred and Wilma to Ren and
Stimpy: What Makes a Cartoon Prime Time ? Rebecca Farley 9. 'We Hardly
Watch that Rude, Crude Show:' Class and Taste in The Simpsons 10. Misery
Chick: Irony, Alienation, and Animation in MTV's DariaKathy Newman 11.
'What Are Those Little Girls Made Of?' The Power Puff Girls and Consumer
Culture 12. 'Oh My God, They Digitized Kenny!' Travels in the South Park
Cybercommunity V4.0 List of Contributors