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Author:

Sperb, Jason, 1978-

Title:

Disney's most notorious film : race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South / by Jason Sperb.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Song of the South (Motion picture)
Walt Disney Productions.
Race relations in motion pictures.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Motion picture audiences--United States.
Convergence (Telecommunication)

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Conditions of possibility: the Disney Studios, postwar "thermidor," and the ambivalent origins of Song of the South -- "Put down the mint julep, Mr. Disney": postwar racial consciousness and Disney's critical legacy in the 1946 reception of Song of the South -- "Our most requested movie": media convergence, black ambivalence, and the reconstruction of Song of the South -- A past that never existed: coonskin, post-racial whiteness, and rewriting history in the era of Reaganism -- On tar babies and honey pots: Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah," and the transmedia dissipation of Song of the South -- Reassuring convergence: new media, nostalgia, and the internet fandom of Song of the South -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0292739745 (alk. paper)
9780292739741 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783173317

LCCN:

2012025848

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)