On Disney

Disney - This name stands not only for a company that has had global reach from its early days, but also for a successful aesthetic programme and ideological positions that have had great commercial success but at the same time have been frequently criticised. Straddling traditionalism and modernism, Disney productions have proven adaptable to social discourses and technical and media developments throughout its history. This volume brings together scholars from several European countries to explore various dimensions that constitute Disney. In line with current media and cultural studies research, the chapters deal with human-human and human-animal relations, gender and diversity, iconic characters and narratives, Disneys contribution to cultural and visual heritage, and transmedial and transfictional spaces of experience and practices of participation associated with Disney story worlds.

Ute Dettmar, Prof. Dr., is Professor of Childrens Literature Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, where she heads the Institute for Youth Book Research.  Ingrid Tomkowiak, Prof. Dr., University of Zurich, is professor emerita of popular literature and media.