Investigating Shrek [electronic resource] : Power, Identity, and Ideology /
Nieguth, T.editor.
Lacassagne, A.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Through the Looking Glass: Shrek in Perspective; Part I Shrek in the Classroom; 2 Representing Political Regimes in the Shrek Trilogy; 3 Big (and Green) Is Better: Shrek and Female Body Image; 4 Green Consciousness: Earth-Based Myth and Meaning in Shrek; 5 "Happiness Is Just a Teardrop Away": A Neo-Marxist Interpretation of Shrek; Part II Shrek in Context; 6 The Mouse Is Dead, Long Live the Ogre: Shrek and the Boundaries of Transgression; 7 Kantian Cosmopolitanism and the Dreamworkification of the Next Generation
8 Shrek: Simple Story or Nonhuman Transactor?9 An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Shrekand Fiona; Part III Instead of a Conclusion; 10 Potholes of Knowledge: The Politics of Studying Shrek; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes filmography.
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.
Shrek (Motion picture)
Motion pictures-History.
Political sociology.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political science.
Motion pictures and television.
Film History.
Political Sociology.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Screen Studies.