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 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.

About the Author
Noel Brown is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2021 EUP), The Children's Film (2017) and British Children's Cinema (2012). He is editor of The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film (2022), Toy Story (2018) and Family Film in Global Cinema (2015).

Reviews
"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



Book Information
ISBN 9781399508070
Author Noel Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press