Mouse morality: the rhetoric of Disney animated film

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1. Disney, Film, and Morality: A Beginning Disney as Moral Educator Concern for Morality A Unique Audience Method of Research Definitions Reading the Texts 2. The Lion King: Moral Educator through Myth, Archetype, and Ritual Film Background Mythic Narrative Archetype Ritual Communication Tools The Lion King as Moral Educator 3. The Symbolic Boundaries of Moral Order in Pocahontas Film Background Disney and History Symbolic Boundaries of Moral Order Conclusion 4. Comically Framing Virtue and Vice in The Hunchback of Notre Dame Film Background Interpretive Frames Virtue Ethics Conclusion 5. Hercules: A Celebrity-Hero Film Background Identification through Narrative Strategies Conclusion 6. Mulan: East Meets West Film Background Interculturalism Moral Tensions Conclusion 7. A Disney Worldview: Mixed Moral Messages A Disney Worldview Implications of the Disney Worldview for Culture Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index