Hybridity and the end of innocence

Michelle Sanson

Hybridity and the end of innocence

Michelle Sanson

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Abstract

Animation is a medium strongly identified with the popular culture of early childhood. It has also proved its capacity for catering to the sado-erotic fantasies of an adult-only audience. A marked preoccupation with the thematic of innocence and experience in animation narratives may be partially explained by this polarity in its audience appeal. This in turn has something to do with the contradictory potentialities in the role of the animator, whose relationship with the creature being sketched into an adventure can slide between sentimental playfulness and the most extravagant abuse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Illusion of Life 2 : More Essays on Animation
Editors	Alan Cholodenko
Place of Publication	Sydney, N.S.W
Publisher	Power Publications
Pages	152-171
Number of pages	20
Edition	2nd ed.
ISBN (Print)	9780909952341
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

animation (cinematography)
innocence (psychology)
cartoon characters
cartoonists
erotica

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