Pixar's boy stories : masculinity in a postmodern age /

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This volume examines films produced by Pixar Animation Studios between 1995 and 2013, exploring how boys become men and how men measure up in films from Toy Story to Monsters University. Offering counterintuitive readings of such works, this book describes how the films quietly but forcefully reiter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wooden, Shannon R.
Other Authors: Gillam, Ken
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
Pixar (Firm)
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Men in motion pictures.
Animated films > History and criticism.
Masculinité au cinéma.
Hommes au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Animated films
Masculinity in motion pictures
Men in motion pictures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This volume examines films produced by Pixar Animation Studios between 1995 and 2013, exploring how boys become men and how men measure up in films from Toy Story to Monsters University. Offering counterintuitive readings of such works, this book describes how the films quietly but forcefully reiterate traditional masculine norms, in terms of what they praise and what they condemn.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xl, 157 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and index.
ISBN:9781442233591
1442233591
1442275650
9781442275652

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