Overview

Floriane 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.

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Author:   Floriane Place-Verghnes
Publisher:   John Libbey & Co
Imprint:   John Libbey Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780861966592

ISBN 10:   0861966597
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   09 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section 1: A foreword on the generic context 1. The cartoon-making technique; 2. The cartoon before Tex Section 2: The uniqueness of Tex Avery's testimony 3. Tex Avery's Americanness: An attempt to retrieve the past 4. Facing contemporary politics; 5. Tex Avery's unique viewpoint on good, evil and morality Section 3: On sex and gender 6. Freudian pansexualism: Concepts of activity/passivity 7. Reduction of womanhood into twp types: The destructive power of women 8. Oedipal relationships and their consequences Section 4: Tex Avery's unique comic strategies 9. The burlesque heritage 10. Towards a pragmatic relation with the audience; 11. The provisional nature of the Averyan universe Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography

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Floriane Place-Verghnes teaches in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester.

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