Disney's most notorious film : race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South, by Jason Sperb

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Label: Disney's most notorious film : race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South, by Jason Sperb

Title remainder: race, convergence, and the hidden histories of Song of the South

Note: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 2009

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index

Contents: Introduction -- Conditions of possibility : the Disney Studios, postwar "thermidor," and the ambivalent origins of Song of the South -- "Put down the mint julep, Mr. Disney" : postwar racial consciousness and Disney's critical legacy in the 1946 reception of Song of the South -- "Our most requested movie" : media convergence, black ambivalence, and the reconstruction of Song of the South -- A past that never existed : coonskin, post-racial whiteness, and rewriting history in the era of Reaganism -- On tar babies and honey pots : Splash Mountain, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah," and the transmedia dissipation of Song of the South -- Reassuring convergence : new media, nostalgia, and the internet fandom of Song of the South -- Conclusion : On rereleasing Song of the South

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