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Author Place-Verghnes, Floriane

Title Tex Avery : a unique legacy, 1942-1955 / Floriane Place-Verghnes
Published Eastleigh, UK : John Libbey Pub., ©2006
Bloomington, IN : Distributed in North America by Indiana University Press

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Sec. 1. A foreword on the generic context: The cartoon-making technique -- The cartoon before Tex. -- Sec. 2. The uniqueness of Text Avery's testimony: Tex Avery's Americanness: an attempt to retrieve the past -- Facing contemporary politics -- Tex Avery's unique viewpoint on good, evil, and morality. -- Sec. 3 On sex and gender: Freudian pansexualism: concepts of activity / passivity -- Reduction of womanhood into two types: The destructive power of women -- Oedipal relationships and their consequences -- Sec. 4. Tex Avery's unique comic strategies: The burlesque heritage -- Towards a pragmatic relation with the audience -- The provisional nature of the Averian universe -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index
Includes filmography: pages 185-199
Notes Print version record
Subject Avery, Tex, 1908-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
Avery, Tex, 1908-1980
Avery, Tex.
Animators -- United States
Animated films -- Social aspects
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Animated films -- Social aspects
Animators
Animationsfilm
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780861969197
0861969197