Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universität, Berlin. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
Contents:
Exceptional animation : an introduction -- "you better play nice" : digital enchantment and the performance of toyness in Toy Story (1995) -- An animated toast to the ephemeral : the multicultural logic of late capitalism in Toy Story 2 (1999) -- A story of social justice? The liberal consensus in Monsters, Inc. (2001) -- "From rags to moderate riches" : the American dream in Ratatouille (2007) -- "Space. The final fun-tier" : returning home to the frontier in WALL-E (2008) -- Empire is out there!? The spirit of imperialism in Up (2009) -- "And when everyone is super ... no one will be" : the end of the American myth in The Incredibles (2004) -- Driving in circles : the American puritan Jeremiad in Cars (2006) -- Animating a yet unimagined America? The mediation of American exceptionalism in Toy Story 3 (2010).
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