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Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination: Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture
Eric Herhuth
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Description for Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination: Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture
Hardback. Draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine modes of animation storytelling that address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and socio-cultural change. Num Pages: 255 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
In Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination, Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and sociocultural change. Since producing the first fully computer-animated feature film, Pixar Animation Studios has been a creative force in digital culture and popular entertainment. But, more specifically, its depictions of uncanny toys, technologically sublime worlds, fantastic characters, and meaningful sensations explore aesthetic experience and its relation to developments in global media, creative capitalism, and consumer culture. This investigation finds in Pixar's artificial worlds and transformational stories opportunities for thinking through ... Read more
In Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination, Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and sociocultural change. Since producing the first fully computer-animated feature film, Pixar Animation Studios has been a creative force in digital culture and popular entertainment. But, more specifically, its depictions of uncanny toys, technologically sublime worlds, fantastic characters, and meaningful sensations explore aesthetic experience and its relation to developments in global media, creative capitalism, and consumer culture. This investigation finds in Pixar's artificial worlds and transformational stories opportunities for thinking through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520292550
SKU
V9780520292550
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About Eric Herhuth
Eric Herhuth is Assistant Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Communication at Tulane University.
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