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Animation, Sport and Culture

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Paul Wells

    1. Loughborough University, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Sport and Animation: A Good Match?

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 1-29

  3. Body Languages — Early Sporting Animation

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 30-57

  4. Good Sports — Re-Imagining the Cartoon

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 58-96

  5. Olympianimation — Global Forms and Perspectives

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 97-123

  6. Animated Art, Sporting Aesthetics

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 124-152

  7. Animating Sporting Morals, Ethics and Politics

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 153-176

  8. Animation, Sport and Technology

    • Paul Wells
    Pages 177-201

  9. Conclusion: Sport and Animation — A Good Match? Redux

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    Pages 202-214

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 215-233
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About this book

Animation, Sport and Culture is a wide-ranging study of both sport and animated films. From Goofy to Goalkeepers, Wallace and Gromit to Tiger Woods, Mickey Mouse to Messi, and Nike to Nationhood, this Olympic-sized analysis looks at the history, politics, aesthetics and technologies of sport and animation from around the globe.

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'Wells thinks deeply about animation and sport as cultural fields. In this frame, he identifies their preoccupations and possibilities, unpacking their entanglements and interfaces. Thus, the monograph is at once history, cultural analysis, cinematic criticism, and meditation on sport and society. In each of these pursuits, Animation, Sport and Culture makes valuable contributions that recommend it to readers... [It] deserves a broad, interdisciplinary readership... And while it has value for specialists in these areas interested in animated film, it will surely reward others concerned with physicality, narrative, and culture more generally.' - C. Richard King, Professor of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies, Washington State University, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • Loughborough University, UK

    Paul Wells

About the author

Paul Wells is Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University, UK. He has written widely in Animation Studies, including Understanding Animation, Re-Imagining Animation and The Animated Bestiary. He is also an established writer and director for TV, Film, Radio and Theatre, conducting consultancies worldwide based on his book, Scriptwriting.

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