Bukatman, Scott, 1957-

The poetics of Slumberland : animated spirits and the animating spirit / Scott Bukatman. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - xvii, 266 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.

Introduction: the lively, the playful, and the animated -- Drawn and disorderly -- The motionless voyage of Little Nemo -- Labor and anima -- Disobedient machines -- Labor and animatedness -- Playing superheroes.

9780520265714 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520265721 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011033308


Fantastic, The, in art.
Fantasy in motion pictures.
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Animated films--History and criticism.

NX650.F36 / B85 2012

700/.415