Animation, sport and culture

Author(s)

• Wells, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Animation, sport and culture

Paul Wells

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Animation, Sport and Culture is a wide-ranging study of both sport and animated films. From Goofy to Goalkeepers, Wallace and Gromit to Tiger Woods, Mickey Mouse to Messi, and Nike to Nationhood, this Olympic-sized analysis looks at the history, politics, aesthetics and technologies of sport and animation from around the globe.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Sport and Animation: A Good Match? Why Animation? 1. Body Languages - Early Sporting Animation: Why Sport? 2. Good Sports - Re-Imagining the Cartoon: Animated History 3. Olympianimation: Global Forms and Perspectives 4. Animated Art, Sporting Aesthetics - Sport is Not Art 5. Animating Sporting Morals, Ethics, and Politics 6. Animation, Sport and Technology: A Tin Can on Wheels Conclusion: Sport and Animation: A Good Match? Bibliography Filmography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB17303132
• ISBN:
  • 9781137027627
• LCCN: 2014028979
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 233 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NC1766.5.S66
  • DC23 : 791.43/34
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sports in motion pictures
  • LCSH : Animated films -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Animated films -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Sports -- Social aspects