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Contemporary Hollywood animation : style, storytelling, culture and ideology since the 1990s / Noel Brown.

by Brown, Noel, author.

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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Animated films -- United States -- History and criticism.

9781399508070 (paperback)

Traditions in American cinema.

ix, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Change and continuity: the making of contemporary Hollywood animation : Production trends ; Animation and Hollywood cinema since the 1970s ; Style and aesthetics ; Storytelling and narrative ; Critical approach -- Crossing boundaries: families, audiences and the mainstream aesthetic : The family audience ; Repositioning the family: The lion king and Toy story ; Family and kinship ; Family and individualism ; Child-adult crossovers -- Hollywood animation, late modernity and contemporary America : Postmodern irony: DreamWorks and beyond ; Social comment and contemporary America ; Conclusion -- Ways of being: identity and Hollywood animation : Disney in transition: sexual politics in the early films of the 'Disney Renaissance' ; Diversity and contemporary Disney films ; Women and the contemporary princess film ; Models of masculinity ; Conclusion -- On the borders: children's horror and Indiewood animation : Children's horror and contemporary Hollywood ; 'Indiewood' animation ; Hybridisation ; Conclusion -- Conclusion.

A cultural history of the contemporary Hollywood animated feature, from Toy Story to The Lego Movie. Examines critically a range of prominent contemporary Hollywood animated features. Reveals the aspects which make these texts attractive to multiple audience sections. Situates the genre in its social, cultural, and industrial contexts. Contributes to current debates on children's media. Until the 1990s, animation occupied a relatively marginal presence in Hollywood. Today, it is at the very heart of both the film industry and contemporary popular culture. Charting the major changes and continuities in Hollywood animation over the past thirty years, this groundbreaking book offers an authoritative history of Hollywood animation since the 1990s. Analysing dozens of key films, including The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek, Despicable Me, Frozen and Moana, it examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action. Identifying narrative and thematic patterns, and the developments in industry and style, the book explores how animation in the United States both responds to and recapitulates the values, beliefs, hopes and fears of the nation.

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