Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mer-Men) in 20th and 21st Century Audiovisual Media

Hayward, P

Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mer-Men) in 20th and 21st Century Audiovisual Media

Hayward, P

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Citation:: 2017, pp. 1 - 211
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hayward, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-0174	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2017, pp. 1 - 211	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780861967247	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/126005
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Copyright John Libbey Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Mermaids have been a feature of western cinema since its inception and the number of films, television series, and videos representing them has expanded exponentially since the 1980s. Making a Splash analyses texts produced within a variety of audiovisual genres. Following an overview of mermaids in western culture that draws on a range of disciplines including media studies, psychoanalysis, and post- structuralism, individual chapters provide case studies of particular engagements with the folkloric figure. From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" to the creation of Ursula, Ariel's tentacled antagonist in Disney's 1989 film, to aspects of mermaid vocality, physicality, agency, and sexuality in films and even representations of mermen, this work provides a definitive overview of the significance of these ancient mythical figures in 110 years of western audio-visual media.	en_US
dc.title	Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mer-Men) in 20th and 21st Century Audiovisual Media	en_US
dc.type	Book
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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© 2017 Copyright John Libbey Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Mermaids have been a feature of western cinema since its inception and the number of films, television series, and videos representing them has expanded exponentially since the 1980s. Making a Splash analyses texts produced within a variety of audiovisual genres. Following an overview of mermaids in western culture that draws on a range of disciplines including media studies, psychoanalysis, and post- structuralism, individual chapters provide case studies of particular engagements with the folkloric figure. From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" to the creation of Ursula, Ariel's tentacled antagonist in Disney's 1989 film, to aspects of mermaid vocality, physicality, agency, and sexuality in films and even representations of mermen, this work provides a definitive overview of the significance of these ancient mythical figures in 110 years of western audio-visual media.

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