Disney's most notorious film race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South
Jason Sperb (Author)
Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood’s most notorious films, Disney’s Song of the South.
1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
9780292749818, 0292749813
1352054168
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Conditions of Possibility: The Disney Studios, Postwar "Thermidor," and the Ambivalent Origins of Song of the SouthChapter 2. "Put Down the Mint Julep, Mr. Disney": Postwar Racial Consciousness and Disney's Critical Legacy in the 1946 Reception of Song of the SouthChapter 3. "Our Most Requested Movie": Media Convergence, Black Ambivalence, and the Reconstruction of Song of the SouthChapter 4. A Past That Never Existed: Coonskin, Post-racial Whiteness, and Rewriting History in the Era of ReaganismChapter 5. On Tar Babies and Honey Pots: Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," and the Transmedia Dissipation of Song of the SouthChapter 6. Reassuring Convergence: New Media, Nostalgia, and the Internet Fandom of Song of the SouthConclusionAppendix. Timeline for Song of the South and Its ParatextsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex