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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, Blue Ridge Summit
In this edited collection exploring Disney's dark side, attention to Disney's Gothic reveals the ways through which Disney productions construct and reinforce conceptions of normalcy and deviance in relation to shifting understandings of morality,...
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In this edited collection exploring Disney's dark side, attention to Disney's Gothic reveals the ways through which Disney productions construct and reinforce conceptions of normalcy and deviance in relation to shifting understandings of morality, social roles, and identity categories. Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dark Beginnings and Gothic Technologies -- Silly Spookiness -- From Gothic to Gags -- Hidden Histories -- Monsters on the Mouse-Tube -- Sinister Surveillance -- The Game Is Playing Itself -- Monsters and Magic -- Disney's Tetratologies -- "Who Is the Monster and Who Is the Man?" -- Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Friends on the Other Side -- The Human/Animal Divide -- Primitive Life and Animated Death -- Something Wicked -- Maleficent -- Mother Knows Best -- The Vampire Queen of the Disney Scene -- Gorgeous, Vicious and a "Little Bit Mad" -- Index -- About the Contributors.