Disney's Most Notorious Film

Informationen zum Autor Jason Sperb is a lecturer in the Department of Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Klappentext Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood's most notorious films, Disney's Song of the South. Zusammenfassung Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood's most notorious films, Disney's Song of the South. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Conditions of Possibility: The Disney Studios, Postwar "Thermidor," and the Ambivalent Origins of Song of the SouthChapter 2. "Put Down the Mint Julep, Mr. Disney": Postwar Racial Consciousness and Disney's Critical Legacy in the 1946 Reception of Song of the SouthChapter 3. "Our Most Requested Movie": Media Convergence, Black Ambivalence, and the Reconstruction of Song of the SouthChapter 4. A Past That Never Existed: Coonskin, Post-racial Whiteness, and Rewriting History in the Era of ReaganismChapter 5. On Tar Babies and Honey Pots: Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," and the Transmedia Dissipation of Song of the SouthChapter 6. Reassuring Convergence: New Media, Nostalgia, and the Internet Fandom of Song of the SouthConclusionAppendix. Timeline for Song of the South and Its ParatextsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Klappentext

Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood's most notorious films, Disney's Song of the South.

Inhalt

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Conditions of Possibility: The Disney Studios, Postwar "Thermidor," and the Ambivalent Origins of Song of the South
• Chapter 2. "Put Down the Mint Julep, Mr. Disney": Postwar Racial Consciousness and Disney's Critical Legacy in the 1946 Reception of Song of the South
• Chapter 3. "Our Most Requested Movie": Media Convergence, Black Ambivalence, and the Reconstruction of Song of the South
• Chapter 4. A Past That Never Existed: Coonskin, Post-racial Whiteness, and Rewriting History in the Era of Reaganism
• Chapter 5. On Tar Babies and Honey Pots: Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," and the Transmedia Dissipation of Song of the South
• Chapter 6. Reassuring Convergence: New Media, Nostalgia, and the Internet Fandom of Song of the South
• Conclusion
• Appendix. Timeline for Song of the South and Its Paratexts
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index