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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
