The Psychosocial Implications Of Disney Movies

Author : Lauren Dundes
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783038978480

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The Psychosocial Implications of Disney Movies by Lauren Dundes Pdf

In this volume of 15 articles, contributors from a wide range of disciplines present their analyses of Disney movies and Disney music, which are mainstays of popular culture. The power of the Disney brand has heightened the need for academics to question whether Disney’s films and music function as a tool of the Western elite that shapes the views of those less empowered. Given its global reach, how the Walt Disney Company handles the role of race, gender, and sexuality in social structural inequality merits serious reflection according to a number of the articles in the volume. On the other hand, other authors argue that Disney productions can help individuals cope with difficult situations or embrace progressive thinking. The different approaches to the assessment of Disney films as cultural artifacts also vary according to the theoretical perspectives guiding the interpretation of both overt and latent symbolic meaning in the movies. The authors of the 15 articles encourage readers to engage with the material, showcasing a variety of views about the good, the bad, and the best way forward.

Author : Lauren Dundes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Children's films
ISBN : 3038978493

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The Psychosocial Implications of Disney Movies by Lauren Dundes Pdf

Author : Kellie Deys,Denise F. Parrillo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781793622112

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Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films by Kellie Deys,Denise F. Parrillo Pdf

Social Order and Authority in Disney and Pixar Films contributes to an essential, ongoing conversation about how power dynamics are questioned, reinforced, and disrupted in the stories Disney tells. Whether these films challenge or perpetuate traditional structures (or do both), their considerable influence warrants careful examination. This collection addresses the vast reach of the Disneyverse, contextualizing its films within larger conversations about power relations. The depictions of surveillance, racial segregation, othering, and ableism represent real issues that impact people and their lived experiences. Unfortunately, storytellers often oversimplify or mischaracterize complex matters on screen. To counter this, contributors investigate these unspoken and sometimes unintended meanings. By applying the lenses of various theoretical approaches, including ecofeminism, critiques of exceptionalism, and gender, queer, and disability studies, authors uncover underlying ideologies. These discussions help readers understand how Disney’s output both reflects and impacts contemporary cultural conditions.

Author : Karl Christian Alvestad
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9786156405791

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21st Century Medievalisms by Karl Christian Alvestad Pdf

21st Century Medievalisms. Between the Global and Individual is an edited volume consisting of 14 chapters by scholars interested in contemporary medievalisms across the world. It is a timely contribution to the growing scholarship on medievalisms offering chapters that consider both the individual experiences of medievalisms, as well as those of societies and cultures at large. The chapters of the book are grouped into three parts, the first explores stereotypes and myths in medievalisms; the second examines medievalisms that speak to particular communities and audiences; and the third studies how medievalisms are impacted by or stimulate conversations of politics and gender. These chapters all reflect a growing interest in medievalisms, and the appreciation of how they are present, materialise and evolve in different contexts and offers insights into medievalisms in politics, popular culture, social activism and more. Throughout the book, examples and case studies demonstrate how medievalisms in the modern age are at times individual experiences, at other times global phenomena and sometimes are in between. Therefore these medievalisms can speak to different audiences at the same time, showcasing how the Middle Ages and their memory continue to be a pertinent topic of study within the wider field of medieval studies.

Author : Rachel L. Carazo
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781648896590

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“A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of 'Gladiator' by Rachel L. Carazo Pdf

This volume adds to previous historical and political studies about 'Gladiator' with essays about the movie’s relation to pop culture and contemporary discourses. It not only relates 'Gladiator' to traditional cinema aspects such as heroism, music, acting, studio culture, and visual effects, but it also connects the film to sports, religion, and the environment, expanding the ways in which the film can be evaluated by modern audiences. The volume can be read by individuals or in classroom settings, especially as a recommended text for students studying the ancient world in film.

Author : Anne Hemkendreis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031397875

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Communicating Ice through Popular Art and Aesthetics by Anne Hemkendreis Pdf

Author : Art Moses
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781638674719

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Modern English by Art Moses Pdf

About the Book Creating Modern English I thought how Art, History, War, Psychology & Sociology have changed Languages. Groups & social settings, like schools, businesses & communities have Language standards & norms. Modern English is like Blue, Pearl, The Queen & Mise en, fun colorful & insightful. I wanted Modern English to be a reading & writing book for all ages, Modern Language fun. Modern English is a beautifully designed book to assist teachers & students, avec reading, writing & Language development. Modern English uses teaching themes that are visual, aural, reading et kinesthetic to address teaching concerns & help assist teachers, avec classroom pedagogical methods. Etudiants e’tudies les Psychologie, Sociologie, Histoire, et Medias cette livre est utile. About the Author I enjoy researching & analyzing different topics like stress, media, race, culture & society. I have a minor in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, avec a background in Psychology BA. I enjoy traveling & learning the complex skills of teaching Language & classroom designs. I like to engage in balance, le cinema & style.

Author : Matthew Hodge,Adam Barkman,Antonio Sanna
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666936698

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A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor by Matthew Hodge,Adam Barkman,Antonio Sanna Pdf

Contributors to this collection examine issues of creativity, gender, sexuality, and adaptation by focusing on themes from Julie Taymor's oeuvre including martyrdom, musicality, fidelity, postmodern representations, feminism and queerness, identity, desire, trauma, revenge, hybridity, and obscenity.

Author : Rebecca Zorach
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226831015

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Temporary Monuments by Rebecca Zorach Pdf

"There is no question that art has played a key role in constructing the public understanding of "America." Probing the intersection of art, nature, race, and place, Temporary Monuments examines how art and artists have responded to this legacy by imagining new ways of constructing notions of land, culture, and public space. Zorach demonstrates how art historical tropes play out through and against the construction of race in a series of real and conceptual spaces that are key to how we imagine this country. Ranging from the museum, the wild, and the monument to the garden, the home, and the border, Temporary Monuments incorporates memoir, historical narrative, literary analysis, and close looking at objects that date from significant moments in American history. Works by artists such as Rebecca Belmore, Dawoud Bey, George Catlin, Theaster Gates, Kerry James Marshall, Dylan Miner, Barnett Newman, Postcommodity, Cauleen Smith, and Amanda Williams help to pry open knotty questions about the relationship between the environment, social justice, history, and identity"--

Author : Manuel Almagro-Jiménez,Eva Parra-Membrives
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783823393672

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From Page to Screen / Vom Buch zum Film by Manuel Almagro-Jiménez,Eva Parra-Membrives Pdf

For a long time now, women have struggled for the vindication of their rights and for their visibility. This struggle may seem a story of success, maybe not complete or equal for all women, but at least one which slowly but surely carries with it the promise of equality for all women. However, a closer look reveals that in various fields of culture the representation of women frequently undergoes a manipulation which makes the image of women lose the intention initially attempted. This is often the case with adaptations of literary texts to the screen, when the initial literary message is changed because of, for example, marketing demands or some ideological stance. Rarely do we find the opposite case where the indifferent or emasculated original female characters are turned into guardians and/or apologists of feminine power. The present volume focuses precisely on the way in which the image of women is modified in films and TV series, when compared with the original literary texts.

Author : Niklas Salmose
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783039215560

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Contemporary Nostalgia by Niklas Salmose Pdf

Some of the most pressing contemporary issues (ecological crisis, migration and integration, fragmented worldviews, social media, fake news, extremist politics and terrorism) can be understood more profoundly through how they interact with both individual and collective forces of nostalgia. Nostalgia is politics, but these politics are also interwoven with media and culture. Notwithstanding how nostalgia is used or contextualized in terms of politics and social practices, commodification or personal development, its power is primarily situated within its efficacy as a governing, influential human emotion. The vast and luminous contributions to this special issue on contemporary nostalgia are all investigating the role different aesthetic media formats (film, music, literature, computer games) plays in nostalgic negotiations with style, history, migration, love, nationalism, diaspora, irony, modernity, colonial and postcolonial discourses, and adoption. Mutually, these essays stand out as important, original, critical contributions to the expanding field of nostalgia studies and offer a valued insight on our world.

Author : Skip Dine Young
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470971772

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Psychology at the Movies by Skip Dine Young Pdf

Psychology at the Movies explores the insights to be gained by applying various psychological lenses to popular films including cinematic depictions of human behavior, the psychology of filmmakers, and the impact of viewing movies. Uses the widest range of psychological approaches to explore movies, the people who make them, and the people who watch them Written in an accessible style with vivid examples from a diverse group of popular films, such as The Silence of the Lambs, The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Good Will Hunting, and A Beautiful Mind Brings together psychology, film studies, mass communication, and cultural studies to provide an interdisciplinary perspective Features an extensive bibliography for further exploration of various research fields

Author : Patti M. Valkenburg,Jessica Taylor Piotrowski
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780300218879

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Plugged in by Patti M. Valkenburg,Jessica Taylor Piotrowski Pdf

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Youth and Media -- 2 Then and Now -- 3 Themes and Theoretical Perspectives -- 4 Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers -- 5 Children -- 6 Adolescents -- 7 Media and Violence -- 8 Media and Emotions -- 9 Advertising and Commercialism -- 10 Media and Sex -- 11 Media and Education -- 12 Digital Games -- 13 Social Media -- 14 Media and Parenting -- 15 The End -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

Author : David Whitley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317028031

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The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation by David Whitley Pdf

In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, David Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. As Whitley has shown, and Disney's newest films continue to demonstrate, the messages animated films convey about the natural world are of crucial importance to their child viewers. Beginning with Snow White, Whitley examines a wide range of Disney's feature animations, in which images of wild nature are central to the narrative. He challenges the notion that the sentimentality of the Disney aesthetic, an oft-criticized aspect of such films as Bambi, The Jungle Book, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, and Finding Nemo, necessarily prevents audiences from developing a critical awareness of contested environmental issues. On the contrary, even as the films communicate the central ideologies of the times in which they were produced, they also express the ambiguities and tensions that underlie these dominant values. In distinguishing among the effects produced by each film and revealing the diverse ways in which images of nature are mediated, Whitley urges us towards a more complex interpretation of the classic Disney canon and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role popular art plays in shaping the emotions and ideas that are central to contemporary experience.

Author : Claudia Schwabe
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9783038423003

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The Fairy Tale and Its Uses in Contemporary New Media and Popular Culture by Claudia Schwabe Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Fairy Tale and its Uses in Contemporary New Media and Popular Culture" that was published in Humanities