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9780306809187

Serious Business The Art And Commerce Of Animation In America From Betty Boop To Toy Story

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  • ISBN13:

    9780306809187

  • ISBN10:

    0306809184

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-05
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press

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First time in paperback: the behind-the-scenes story of the cartoon business from its silent-era beginnings to today's computer-generated animation--and how these 'toons reflect America's values and dreams.

Author Biography

Stefan Kanfer is the author of six previous books. His articles and reviews have appeared in many major magazines, particularly Time, for which he was a writer and editor for more than twenty years. He lives in Westchester County, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11(4)
Preface 15(2)
``It's all in Dreamland, You Know''
17(16)
What We Call ``Personality''
33(22)
Fighting the Mouse
55(22)
The Wilder Shores of Comedy
77(24)
More Hells Than Swedenborg
101(24)
Laughing at the Enemy
125(24)
Who's Directing this Picture?
149(24)
We Could Get Away with Less
173(20)
Akin to Statutory Rape
193(20)
The Animated Mirror
213(24)
Notes 237(6)
Acknowledgments 243(2)
Index 245

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