Disney's most notorious film : race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South / by Jason Sperb

Author: Sperb, Jason, 1978-
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction -- Conditions of possibility: the Disney Studios, postwar "thermidor, " and the ambivalent origins of Song of the South -- "Put down the mint julep, Mr. Disney": postwar racial consciousness and Disney's critical legacy in the 1946 reception of Song of the South -- "Our most requested movie": media convergence, black ambivalence, and the reconstruction of Song of the South -- A past that never existed: coonskin, post-racial whiteness, and rewriting history in the era of Reaganism -- On tar babies and honey pots: Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, " and the transmedia dissipation of Song of the South -- Reassuring convergence: new media, nostalgia, and the internet fandom of Song of the South -- Conclusion.

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ISBN

9780292739741 (alk. paper)
0292739745 (alk. paper)

Note

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 2009.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-268) and index.

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