Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
"The first collection of definitive texts that explores and examines key areas of animation studies through three points of focus: theoretical approaches; form and genre; issues of representation"--
Brief description:
Caroline Ruddell is Lecturer in Film and TV Studies at Brunel University, London, UK. She is the author of The Besieged Ego: Doppelgangers and Split Identity Onscreen (2013), and has published on witchcraft in television, anime, Rotoshop, and the representation of identity onscreen, and is currently researching Lotte Reiniger's use of scissor artistry. She is Reviews Editor for animation: an interdisciplinary journal and sits on various Editorial Boards.
Review Quotes:
"[A] very good resource for a comprehensive understanding of the field ... The Animation Studies Reader's editors certainly succeeded in demonstrating the richness and diversity of animation and animation studies." - H-SHERA
"Featuring an impressive array of important topics by leading figures in the field of animation studies, this book provides an excellent resource for introductory or advance study. It is a much-needed resource for courses, reflecting the ubiquity of animated imagery in its wide ranging forms and contexts." --Maureen Furniss, Director, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts, USA
"The essays in this volume expose to scrutiny a wide range of questions essential to our comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon and process of animation, as well as its role not only in contemporary cinema but in the widest cultural and social contexts. Editors Nichola Dobson, Annabelle Honess Roe, Amy Ratelle and Caroline Ruddell, through twenty-two carefully selected texts, provide complex and exhaustive research of the field of animation. The carefully-structured
Reader argues that animation is a far reaching and multi-layered phenomenon that both demands and deserves a carefully proposed and mapped out multiperspective approach. The theoretical platform and analytical optique are presented in a systematic, detailed and didactic way, making this collection of texts accessible for the widest reading audience." --
Dr. Nevena Dakovic, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia "
The Animation Studies Reader is a formidable compilation of outstanding contributions to the body of scholarship in modern animation studies. Well organized into three main thematic sections, it presents a veritable "who is who" of the most eminent scholars in the field. It covers a wide range of topics that reflect the main areas of academic significance and contemporary relevance. As such, the tome is an indispensable treasure trove for animation theorists, students and academically inclined practitioners alike. Highly recommended." --
Hannes Rall, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
