Making a splash: mermaids (and mermen) in 20th and 21st century audiovisual media

From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaidto the creation of Ursula, Ariel's tentacled antagonist in Disney's 1989 film, to aspects of mermaid vocality, physicality, agency, and sexuality in films and even representations of mermen, this work provides a definitive overvie...

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1. Verfasser: Hayward, Philip (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Herts, United Kingdom John Libbey Publishing [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaidto the creation of Ursula, Ariel's tentacled antagonist in Disney's 1989 film, to aspects of mermaid vocality, physicality, agency, and sexuality in films and even representations of mermen, this work provides a definitive overview of the significance of these ancient mythical figures in 110 years of western audio-visual media.
Cover -- MAKING A SPLASH -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on audiovisual material featured in this volume -- Introduction Tails, Tresses and Elusive Otherness -- Chapter 1 Becoming Ariel, Becoming Ursula -- Chapter 2 Flauntation and Fascination: The Alluring Mermaid and her Charms -- Chapter 3 Sonic Seduction: Mermaid Vocality and its Expression in Screen Soundtracks (co-authored with Jon Fitzgerald) -- Chapter 4 Making Out: Sexuality and the Transformative Mermaid -- Chapter 5 Channeling the Anima: Inspirational Folklore in The Mermaid Chair -- Chapter 6 "Mermaid-like a while": Juvenile Mermaids and Aficionado Culture -- Chapter 7 At the Margins: Mermen on the Screen -- Chapter 8 Crypto-Science and Hoax TV: Animal Planet's Mermaid Documentaries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix Chronological catalogue of audiovisual productions featuring mermaids and mermen referenced in the volume -- Index.
Beschreibung:v, 211 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780861967247

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