Contemporary Hollywood Animation

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Written with clarity and insight, Contemporary Hollywood Animation is a welcome addition to the recent literature of animation ?lm, media industry, and world culture. -- Fouad Mami, Universite Ahmed Draia * Journal of Popular Culture * Contemporary Hollywood Animation is a valuable contribution to the field of animation studies. It succeeds in examining key developments following the Disney Renaissance and the introduction of feature-length computer animation in the 1990s, discussing, major changes and continuities in style and aesthetics, narrative and story structure, and industry contexts. This makes the book both a rich contribution to the field of film and animation studies and an intriguing read for animation enthusiasts. It is also ideally suited for teaching, since the individual chapters can be read and discussed independently in courses focusing on aspects of contemporary cinema, media culture, or animation. -- Jannik Mueller * MEDIENwissenschaft * Masterfully combines textual, industrial, and cultural analyses [...] Anyone who is wanting to learn more about American animation since the 1990s cannot find any better book to serve as introduction. -- Rebecca Rowe * The Lion and the Unicorn * Overturning prejudices that have often marginalised the study of mainstream animation, Brown provides a compelling overview of post-1990s Hollywood animation. Detailing the contributions of Disney, DreamWorks, LAIKA and Pixar, amongst others, Brown establishes a nuanced history that promotes a rich understanding of computer-based, hand-drawn, and stop-motion animation in equal measure. -- Chris Pallant, Canterbury Christ Church University Masterfully handling vast amounts of sources, this engagingly written book combines concise film analyses with the discussion of relevant film industrial and cultural contexts. It focuses on the contemporary period but also covers key developments in feature animation in the United States since the 1930s. This is essential reading for anyone interested in American animation or, more generally, in American cinema and culture. -- Peter Kraemer, Leicester Media School at De Montfort University