In part three of a limited series on Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn, contributor Kyra Hunting outlines the anthology's "Bodies" section in order to argue that critical consideration for women's media cultures facilitates a deeper understanding of embodiment in relation to community practices, self-presentation, and technology.
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Tags: discipline, Disney, Dr. Who, embodiment, fandom, fashion blogs, gospel, nail polish blogs, Polyvore, pregnancy apps, Sunday Best, Tinkerbell, video games
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Disney's hesitation to move forward with TRON 3 is symptomatic of the company's inability to find an appropriate strategy to bridge disparate pieces under one unified brand.
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Tags: Disney, Star Wars, Tron, Walt Disney Company
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Li Cornfeld considers the technofuturism and Cold War nostalgia in "Tomorrowland," in light of the Walt Disney Company’s own corporate departure from space age optimism.
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Tags: 1964 World's Fair, Brad Bird, cold war, Damon Lindelof, Disney, Disneyland, EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, NASA, nostalgia, retro-futurism, technofuturism, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney
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Last week's announcement that Tim Burton will direct a remake of Disney's Dumbo is a reminder that in Burton's career we witness the convergence of the aesthetic logic of allusionism and the corporate logic of franchising.
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Tags: adaptation, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alice in Wonderland, allusionism, Batman, Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Disney, Dumbo, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, film, intertextuality, Luau, Mars Attacks!, Noel Carroll, Planet of the Apes, reboot, Saving Mr. Banks, Sleepy Hollow, synergy, Tim Burton, Vincent
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Caroline Ferris Leader explores alternative methodologies for working on children's media culture.
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Tags: active audiences, children, children's television, DC Comics, Disney, family, kids culture
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Disney's “Tinker-verse” presents both compelling and troublesome aspects for a feminist media scholar-mom.
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Tags: Disney, fairies, kids, Tinker Bell, Tinker-verse
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The politics of Disney's Frozen are indicative of symptomatic shifts within an otherwise largely entrenched ideological core.
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Tags: Disney, Frozen, gender/representation, oscars, race/ethnicity, whiteness
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On the heels of some binge-viewing, Jonathan Gray discusses Disney Junior’s three female-centered original series
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Tags: Disney, Disney Junior, Doc McStuffins, kids media, Sheriff Callie's Wild West, Sofia the First
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Activision Blizzard, China, Comcast, Dish, Disney, FCC, Grand Theft Auto V, Hopper, Jerry Bruckheimer, NBCUniversal, Rotten Tomatoes, Vivendi
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![Disney Infinity: Behind the P(l)aywall [Part Three]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DisneyInfinityToyBox.jpg)
Disney's latest venture aims to earn much of its value through creativity, but you'll have to play—and pay—for it.
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Tags: Disney, Disney Infinity, Disney Interactive, Free-to-Play, Infinity Vault, Toy Box, Value
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![Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/disney-infinity-starter-pack.jpg)
Disney Interactive's big gaming industry play comes with rhetoric of revolution, and a business model built on the success of other gaming platforms.
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Tags: Disney, Disney Infinity, Disney Interactive, franchising, gaming, Little Big Planet, Minecraft, Skylanders, Toy Box
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: caa, Disney, Dreamworks, e3, Greece, interns, kanye west, Licensing, Microsoft, Netflix, PlayStation, Sony, wme, Xbox
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With the release of "Monster's University," Pixar takes the next step in nostalgic tendencies, but has this stifled their innovation and creativity?
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Tags: Disney, nostalgia, Pixar
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Arrested Development, Barco's Auro 11.1, China FIlm Group, CNN, Disney, Django Unchained, Dolby Atmos, Dreamworks, Elysium, Fox News, iTunes, MSNBC, NBC, Netflix, Oriental DreamWorks, Reddit, Roku AppleTV, Sony, Spotify, The Onion, Twitter
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If Atmos or a similar system were to become the industry standard, questions arise as to how its potential aesthetic might shape the way films sound and look.
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Tags: Aesthetics, Digital Cinema Package, Digital Surround Sound, Disney, Dolby Atmos, Dreamworks, film sound, movie theaters, sound studies
Posted in Film, Technology | 5 Comments »
