{"product_id":"9798765130254","title":"Shrek The Politics and Aesthetics of DreamWorks’ Digital Fairy Tale","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAnimation: Key Films\/Filmmakers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShrek\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Politics and Aesthetics of DreamWorks’ Digital Fairy Tale\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSam Summers | Chris Pallant | Cristina Formenti\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ Genres \/ Animated\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is a comprehensive analytical study of stop-motion studio DreamWorks Animation's 2001 breakthrough hit \u003ci\u003eShrek.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn its release in 2001, \u003ci\u003eShrek \u003c\/i\u003e(Andrew Adamson \u0026amp; Vicky Jenson) became an international smash hit, a breakthrough success for the upstart DreamWorks Animation studio, and a milestone in the history of the computer-animated feature film. Today, the film stands as one the most influential animated movies of the 21st century, and its main character as an icon on internet counterculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book brings together an international group of scholars from animation studies and beyond, to explores a wide range of topics from a diverse set of academic perspectives. It looks at the film's representation of gender, race, disability, and queerness, and its relationship with the Disney studio and its audiences. Other chapters focus on its music and costumes, its aesthetics and and performances, its themes and motifs, and its curious online afterlife. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these essays seek to peel back the film's many layers, contextualize it in the history of contemporary animation and postmodern popular culture, and explain its long-lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSam Summers\u003c\/b\u003e lectures in Animation History \u0026amp; Theory at Middlesex University, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDreamWorks Animation: Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eToy Story: How Pixar Re-Invented the Animated Feature\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2018). His specialisms include computer animation, intertextuality, adaptation and aesthetics, and he has published numerous articles and book chapters on these subjects. He is the co-convener of the Animation SIG at BAFTSS, and the co-host of the animation history podcast \u003ci\u003eDisniversity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765130254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55553343979660,"sku":"9798765130254","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765130254","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}