Mouse Morality The Rhetoric of Disney Animated Film

Name: Mouse Morality The Rhetoric of Disney Animated Film
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ISBN: 9780292791534

ISBN-10: 0292791534

ISBN-13: 9780292791534

Edition: 2002

Authors: Annalee R. Ward, Clifford Christians

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In this book, Annalee Ward uses a variety of analytical tools based in rhetorical criticism to examine the moral messages taught in five Disney animated films 'The Lion King', 'Pocahontas', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'Hercules', and 'Mulan'.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

ANNALEE R. WARD is Chair and Associate Professor of Communication Arts at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois.



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Disney, Film, and Morality: A Beginning Disney as Moral Educator


Concern for Morality


A Unique Audience


Method of Research


Definitions


Reading the Texts



The Lion King: Moral Educator through Myth, Archetype, and Ritual Film Background


Mythic Narrative


Archetype


Ritual


Communication Tools


The Lion King as Moral Educator



The Symbolic Boundaries of Moral Order in Pocahontas


Film Background


Disney and History


Symbolic Boundaries of Moral Order


Conclusion



Comically Framing Virtue and Vice in The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Film Background


Interpretive Frames


Virtue Ethics


Conclusion



Hercules: A Celebrity-Hero Film Background


Identification through Narrative Strategies


Conclusion



Mulan: East Meets West Film Background


Interculturalism


Moral Tensions


Conclusion



A Disney Worldview: Mixed Moral Messages A Disney Worldview


Implications of the Disney Worldview for Culture


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index