Shadow of a Mouse Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation

Name: Shadow of a Mouse Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation
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ISBN: 9780520261044

ISBN-10: 0520261046

ISBN-13: 9780520261044

Edition: 2012

Authors: Donald Crafton

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Animation variously entertains, enchants, and offends, yet there have been no convincing explanations of how these films do so.Shadow of a Mouseproposes performance as the common touchstone for understanding the principles underlying the construction, execution, and reception of cartoons. Donald Crafton's interdisciplinary methods draw on film and theater studies, art history, aesthetics, cultural studies, and performance studies to outline a personal view of animated cinema that illuminates its systems of belief and world making. He wryly asks: Are animated characters actors and stars, just like humans? Why do their performances seem live and present, despite our knowing that they are…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Six Cartoon Conundra



Animation Performance



Performance in and of Animation



Live and in Person: Toons!



Historical Contingencies



The Acme of Variegated Entertainment



Shadow of a Mouse: Animation Performance Spaces



Instrumental Animation



Infectious Laughter



Animation and Autophagy: Art that Consumes Itself


Coda: The Shadow of a Mouse's Tail


Notes


Bibliography


Index