Animation: Art & Industry

Animation--Art and Industry is an introductory reader covering a broad range of animation studies topics, focusing on both American and international contexts. It provides information about key individuals in the fields of both independent and experimental animation, and introduces a variety of topics relevant to the critical study of media--censorship, representations of gender and race, and the relationship between popular culture and fine art. Essays span the silent era to the present, include new media such as web animation and gaming, and address animation made using a variety of techniques.

Author: Maureen Furniss
Publisher: John Libbey & Company
Published: 10/05/2009
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.35w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780861966806

About the Author

Maureen Furniss is founding editor of Animation Journal. She is a professor in the School of Film and Video at the California Institute of the Arts.