Items related to Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
"A wide-ranging inquiry into an important area of contemporary scholarly interest, and also an engaging, well written and intelligently conceived collection." -Eric Smoodin, author of Animating Culture: Hollywood Cartoons From the Sound Era
Despite the success of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and their Looney cohorts, Warner Bros. animation worked in the shadow of Disney for many years. The past ten years have seen a resurgence in Warner Bros. animation as they produce new Bugs Bunny cartoons and theatrical features like Space Jam as well as television shows like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. While Disney's animation plays it safe and mirrors traditional cinema stories, Warner Bros. is known for a more original and even anarchistic style of narration, a willingness to take risks in story construction, a fearlessness in crossing gender lines with its characters, and a freedom in breaking boundaries. This collection of essays looks at the history of Warner Bros. animation, compares and contrasts the two studios, charts the rise and fall of creativity and daring at Warner's, and analyzes the ways in which the studio was for a time transgressive in its treatment of class, race, and gender. It reveals how safety and commercialization have, in the end, triumphed at Warner Bros. just as they much earlier conquered Disney.
The book also discusses fan parodies of Warner Bros. animation on the Internet today, the Bugs Bunny cross-dressing cartoons, cartoons that were censored by the studio, and the merchandising and licensing strategies of the Warner Bros. studio stores. Contributors are Donald Crafton, Ben Fraser, Michael Frierson, Norman M. Klein, Terry Lindvall, Bill Mikulak, Barry Putterman, Kevin S. Sandler, Hank Sartin, Linda Simensky, Kirsten Moana Thompson, Gene Walz, and Timothy R. White.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
KEVIN S. SANDLER is an assistant professor of media industries at the University of Arizona. In 1995 he won the Society for Animation Studies Student Essay Contest .
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherRutgers University Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0813525381
- ISBN 13 9780813525389
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 26.52
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0813525381
Buy New
US$ 26.52
Convert currency
Seller Image
Reading the Rabbit : Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 304219-n
Buy New
US$ 28.73
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0813525381
Buy New
US$ 29.89
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0813525381
Buy New
US$ 29.19
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0813525381
Buy New
US$ 31.20
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit Explorations in Warner BrosAnimation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
PAP
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780813525389
Buy New
US$ 38.62
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
paperback
Quantity: 13
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. None. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Seller Inventory # 000418816N
Buy New
US$ 34.95
Convert currency
Seller Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation by Sandler, Kevin S. [Paperback ]
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780813525389
Buy New
US$ 40.46
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0813525381xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 47.15
Convert currency
Stock Image
Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Published by
Rutgers University Press
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0813525381
ISBN 13: 9780813525389
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780813525389_new
Buy New
US$ 35.07
Convert currency