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Investigating Shrek : power, identity, and ideology

Title
  1. Investigating Shrek : power, identity, and ideology / edited by Aurélie Lacassagne, Tim Nieguth, and François Dépelteau.
Published by
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Format
  1. Book/text

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Additional authors
  1. Lacassagne, Aurélie
  2. Nieguth, Tim, 1971-
  3. Dépelteau, François, 1963-
Description
  1. xi, 190 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. "An exploration of the social significance of Shrek from a variety of theoretical perspectives, this book pursues two different, yet intertwined objectives. The first is to present Shrek as pedagogical tool that could be usefully employed in a number of different disciplines. Shrek is approached from a political science angle, a sociological perspective, and applied to the tenets of evolutionary psychology. The second objective is concerned with outlining some of the ways in which Shrek is actively bound up with various aspects of social reality--such as capitalism, power relations, inequality, rule and resistance. This book analyzes the green ogre and his companions in a way that is entertaining as well as informative"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Shrek (Motion picture)
  2. Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- History and criticism.
Contents
  1. 1. Through the looking glass: Shrek in perspective / Aurélie Lacassagne, Tim Nieguth, and François Dépelteau -- Part I. Shrek in the Classroom: 2. Representing political regimes in the Shrek trilogy / Aurélie Lacassagne; 3. Big (and green) is better: Shrek and female body image / Mary Ryan; 4. Green consciousness: Earth-based myth and meaning in Shrek / Jane Caputi; 5. "Happiness is just a teardrop away": A Neo-Marxist interpretation of Shrek / Alexander Spencer, Judith Renner, and Andreas Kruck -- Part II Shrek in context: 6. The mouse is dead, long live the ogre: Shrek and the boundaries of transgression / Daniel Downes and June Madeley; 7. Kantian cosmopolitanism and the Dreamworkification of the next generation / Marianne Vardalos; 8. Shrek: simple story or nonhuman transactor? / François Dépelteau; 9. An evolutionary psychological perspective on Shrek and Fiona / Gayle Brewer -- Part III. Instead of a conclusion: 10. Potholes of knowledge: \tThe politics of studying Shrek / Tim Nieguth.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Language
  1. English
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.