Animated Mischief: Essays On Subversiveness In Cartoons Since 1987

Over the last century, the medium of animation has served as an expression of childhood as well as a method of subverting the expectations of what society has promised for the future. Separated into three parts, this work assembles various explorations of taste, culture and passion through animation. Section I features essays that outline the historical changes in art and society that gave rise to an outsider culture that found a home in animation. In the second section, essays examine the practical use of animation as a voice for the underserved. Finally, in Section III, essays analyze the ways in which animation has reshaped the acceptance of outsider status to embrace otherness. Featuring everything from feature-length films to self-produced YouTube videos, the essays in this text reflect a shared love of animation and its unique ability to comment on society and culture.

• • Author: Brian N. Duchaney, David S. Silverman
• • Publisher: Mcfarland
• • Publication Date: Sep 14, 2023
• • Number of Pages: 256 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1476663971
• • ISBN-13: 9781476663975