Disney's most notorious film : race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of 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.