Tex Avery : A Unique Legacy by Floriane Place-Verghnes (2006, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100861966597

ISBN-139780861966592

eBay Product ID (ePID)50482548

Product Key Features

Book TitleTex Avery : a Unique Legacy

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFilm / General, Media Studies, History / Contemporary (1945-)

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Performing Arts, Social Science

AuthorFloriane Place-Verghnes

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-270787

Dewey Edition220

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal791.43/0233/0924

Table Of ContentIntroductionSection 1: A foreword on the generic context1. The cartoon-making technique; 2. The cartoon before TexSection 2: The uniqueness of Tex Avery's testimony3. Tex Avery's Americanness: An attempt to retrieve the past 4. Facing contemporary politics; 5. Tex Avery's unique viewpoint on good, evil and moralitySection 3: On sex and gender6. Freudian pansexualism: Concepts of activity/passivity 7. Reduction of womanhood into twp types: The destructive power of women 8. Oedipal relationships and their consequencesSection 4: Tex Avery's unique comic strategies9. The burlesque heritage 10. Towards a pragmatic relation with the audience; 11. The provisional nature of the Averyan universeConclusion; Filmography; Bibliography

SynopsisFloriane Place-Verghnes examines the work of this great American animator. Focusing primarily on four facets of Avery's work, the author first concentrates on Avery's ability to depict the American attempt both to retrieve the past nostalgically and to catch the Zeitgeist of 1940s America, which confronts the questions of violence and survival. She also analyzes issues of sex and gender and the crucial role Hollywood played in reshaping the image of womanhood, reducing it to a bipolar opposition. Thirdly, she examines the comic language developed by Avery which, although drawing on the work of the Marx Brothers and Chaplin (among others), transcended their conventions. Finally, Place-Verghnes considers Avery's place in the history of cartoon-making technique.

LC Classification NumberNC1766.U52A9236 2006