On Disney: Deconstructing Images, Tropes and Narratives

Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Human-Human and Human-Animal Relations
Happy Pictures?
	Abstract
	Before the Show
	Ring Free! Dumbo (1941)
	Jumbo Junior: Child/Animal/Disabled Person
	At the End: A Beginning? Dumbo (2019)
	References
Animal Bodies, Human Voices, and the Big Entanglement
	Abstract
	The Disneynature Concept
	Steve’s Romantic Moment and Disneynature’s Epistemological Anthropomorphising
	A Double Sense of Wonder: Nature’s Beauty and Media Technology
	Assembling Science Fabulation through Animal Agency
	References
Gender and Diversity
Curtailment in Mermaid Lore
	Abstract
	Tails in Tales
	Mirror Worlds in Andersen’s Fairy Tale
	Adapting The Little Mermaid to Animation
	Queering the Mermaid
	References
“Be a Man”
	Abstract
	Disney and the Gendered Body
	Mulan’s Body—a Story of Transformation
	Of Captains and Recruits—Strict Hierarchies of Masculinity
	Shan Yu—the Beast in Man
	Shan Yu—the Epitome of Masculinity
	Conclusion—Enemies or Allies
	References
Walking the Line
	Abstract
	Aladdin (1992): A ‘Pseudo Feminist’ and ‘Patriarchal’ Tale
		Key Theoretical Concepts: Orientations, the Family Line and Gendering
		Curtailment of Female Agency and Voice
		Curtailment of Female Motility
		Gendered Orientations
	Aladdin (2019): An Ambivalent Tale
		Nuances in Female Voice and Motility
		Male Silencing and Female Voice
		Female Substance versus Andronormativity
	Conclusion: From Antifeminist to ‘Postfeminist’
	References
Screening Blackness
	Abstract
	Conditions of Recognition: Minority Subjects between Power and Visibility
	(Post-)Racial Stereotypes in The Princess and the Frog: Blackness between Inclusion and Erasure
	Fan Activism against Ralph Breaks the Internet: Mediating between Viewer and Corporate Interests
	White Fragility Facing The Little Mermaid: Viewer Reactions between Nostalgia and Normative Whiteness
	Cultures of Participation—and Transformation?
	References
From E.T.A. Hoffmann to Disney
	Abstract
	Fairy-tale Variations
	Dance of Symbols: E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Fairy Tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and Its Popularisation
	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
	References
Aspects of Cultural Heritage
Walt O’Disney and the Little People
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
	A Film for Irish America
		Staging (and Selling) Irishness in the Paratexts
		Irishness in Darby O’Gill and the Little People
	Reception of Darby O’Gill
		Reception in the USA
		Reception in Ireland
	Conclusion
	References
From the Old World
	Abstract
	Introduction: Americanisation and ‘Disneyfication’
	Fantasia: Story and Structure of a ‘Masterpiece’
	Music for the Masses: Transformation of European Cultural Heritage in Fantasia
	The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Mickey Mousing an ‘Old Story’
	The Pastoral Symphony: Classical Music and Hollywood ‘Centaurettes’
	Conclusion: ‘Disneyfication’ of European Culture
	References
Iconic Characters and Narratives
Music in Their Bones
	Abstract
	Seeing Skeletons
	The Dead Must Dance. Skeletons in Animated Disney Films of the Early Sound Era
	The Skeleton’s Dance Fatigue: The Nightmare Before Christmas
	The Skeleton as Pop Star: Coco
	Conclusion
	References
“Taxing the Heart and Soul Out of the People”
	Abstract
	Prince John—A Dangerously Unstable Circus Master
	Robin Hood—Force of Stability and Reproduction
	Giving (Back) to the Poor/Robbed
	A Conservative Fable—Walt Disney and the Robin Hood Myth
	References
Jack Sparrow—the Ultimate Adventurer
	Abstract
	Adventure as a Combination of Change and Necessity
	Activity and Passivity: The Seizure of Opportunity
	Self-confidently Walking the Fine Line between Genius and Madness
	Negotiating for Profit
	Following His Own Rules
	Full Circle
	References
Immersive Experience, Reflexive Engagement
From Anaheim to Batuu
	Abstract
	Disney’s Star Wars
	Building the Franchise
	Fan Tourism and Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge
	Conclusion
	References
Consuming Disney
	Abstract
	Incorporating Corporate Identity
	Cooking and Living in the Image of Disney
	The Happiest Kitchen on Earth
	Culinary Immersion—Journeying across Transmedial Borders
	A Recipe for Disney Magic
	References
The Social Aesthetics of Family Space
	Abstract
	Introduction
	Framing the Topic
	Critiquing Disney Main Streets and Liseberg Storgatan
	The Ambiguity of Main Streets
	Real Un-Real
	Family Attraction
	The Inconsistent Consistency
	References