I’ve been looking into research on women being represented in animation. While I was looking for articles and books I found a reading list concerning the topic. I’m going to post it here and try to access as many of the resources as I can and make notes in upcoming blog posts. Hopefully this will help inform both my film and my written dissertation.

Course List assembled by:  Course organiser: Nichola Dobson – might be looking to contact her as I crack into reading some of these – might be a useful/interesting resource for my dissertation.

Essential

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1.         David. Gauntlett. Media, Gender, and Identity : an Introduction  / David Gauntlett. Routledge; 2008.

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2.         Ward P. Some Thoughts on Practice-Theory Relationships in Animation Studies. Animation. 2006;1(2):229-245. doi:10.1177/1746847706065845

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3.         Dan North (Dan R.),, Bob Rehak (Robert John),, Michael S. Duffy, British Film Institute,. Special Effects : New Histories/theories/contexts  / Edited by Dan North, Bob Rehak, Michael S. Duffy. British Film Institute; 2015.

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4.         Nicholas Sammond 1960-. Birth of an Industry : Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation  / Nicholas Sammond. Duke University Press; 2015:399.

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5.         Amid Amidi. “Frozen” Head of Animation Says Animating Women is “Really, Really Difficult.” Cartoon Brew. Published online 2013. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/frozen-head-of-animation-says-animating-women-is-really-really-difficult-89467.html

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6.         Elizabeth Bell 1953-, Lynda Haas, Laura Sells. From Mouse to Mermaid : the Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture  / Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, Laura Sells, Editors. Indiana University Press; 1995.

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7.         Amy M. Davis (Amy Michele). Good Girls and Wicked Witches : Women in Disney’s Feature Animation  / Amy M. Davis. John Libbey Pub. ; Bloomington; 2006.

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8.         Maureen. Furniss. Art in Motion : Animation Aesthetics. John Libbey; 1998.

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9.         Dobson N, Honess Roe A, Ratelle A, Ruddell C, eds. The Animation Studies Reader / Edited by Nichola Dobson, Annabelle Honess Roe, Amy Ratelle and Caroline Ruddell. Bloomsbury Publishing; 2019.

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10.       Pilling J, JSTOR (Organization), eds. A Reader in Animation Studies / Edited by Jayne Pilling. J. Libbey; 1997.

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Recommended

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11.       Eleanor Byrne. Deconstructing Disney. Pluto Press; 1999.

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12.       Chris Pallant. Storyboarding : a Critical History . Palgrave Macmillan; 2015.

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13.       Amid Amidi. Crashing the Boy’s Club: Women Speak Out About Gender Inequality in Animation. Cartoon Brew. Published online 2015. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/crashing-the-boys-club-women-speak-out-about-gender-inequality-in-animation-118417.html

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14.       Barker J. Hollywood, Black Animation, and the Problem of Representation in Little Ol’ Bosko and The Princess and the Frog. Journal of African American Studies. 4982;14(4):482-498. doi:10.1007/s12111-010-9136-z

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15.       Joanna Bouldin. CADAVER OF THE REAL: ANIMATION, ROTOSCOPING AND THE POLITICS OF THE BODY. Animation journal. 2004;12:7-.

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16.       Butler J. Performative Acts and Gender Constitution An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory. Theatre Journal. 1988;40(4):519-.

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17.       Tansy Gardam. Looking from the Outside In – Gender Representation in Animation. 4:3. Published online 2015. https://fourthreefilm.com/2015/09/looking-from-the-outside-in-gender-representation-in-animation/

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18.       Patricia Zohn. The Women Animators and Inkers Behind Disney’s Golden Age. Vanity Fair. Published online 2010. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/03/disney-animation-girls-201003

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Further reading

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19.       Pollitt K. Hers; The Smurfette Principle. The New York times magazine. Published online 1991.

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20.       Johnson Cheu 1969-. Diversity in Disney Films : Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability  / Edited by Johnson Cheu. McFarland & Company; 2013.

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21.       Steven Cohan, Ina Rae Hark. Screening the Male : Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema  / Edited by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark. Routledge; 1993.

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22.       Mark Collington. Animation in Context : a Practical Guide to Theory and Making  / By Mark Collington. Fairchild Books; 2016.

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23.       Gail Dines, Jean McMahon Humez 1944-. Gender, Race and Class in Media : a Critical Reader  / Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, Editors. Sage; 2014.

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24.       Edgerton G, Jackson KM. Redesigning Pocahontas: Disney, the “White Man’s Indian,” and the Marketing of Dreams. The journal of popular film and television. 1996;24(2):90-98. doi:10.1080/01956051.1996.9943718

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25.       Rosalind Gill (Rosalind Clair). Gender and the Media  / Rosalind Gill. Polity; 2007.

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26.       Henry A. Giroux. The Mouse That Roared : Disney and the End of Innocence  / Henry A. Giroux. Rowman & Littlefield; 1999.

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27.       Yokota M, Hu T yue G, eds. Japanese Animation : East Asian Perspectives / Edited by Masao Yokota and Tze-Yue G. Hu. University Press of Mississippi; 2013.

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