Contemporary Hollywood Animation Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideloogy Since the 1990s

Study by Noel Brown on animation films made in Hollywood from the 1990s to 2020s. The book covers production methods, narrative and aesthetics in films by Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and others. It considers the nature of the family audience through films such as 'Toy Story' and 'The Lion King' and examines social comment and post-modernism in animated releases. There is a discussion on identity politics, especially in Disney films, and questions of racial diversity and female empowerment, including 'Disney Princess' films, such as 'Frozen', which features on the cover. A final chapter looks at Children's horror and indie animation through films like 'Coraline'. The book also includes table of animated releases and their box office performance.