FROM ANIMATION TO REALITY: Race/Gender, the Myth of the American Dream and Tom and Jerry Cartoons

The animated cartoon Tom and Jerry (T&J) is widely acclaimed as perhaps one of the most ‘innocent’ and ‘pure’ forms of entertainment. But they also infuse in the viewers a perception which underlines the concept of ‘preferred reading,’ to propagate the ideologies of ‘producers and transmitters o...

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Main Author: Aravind, Aju (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2016
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2016, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48
Further subjects:B Mammy Two Shoes
B Ideology
B Race
B Tom and Jerry
B Popular Culture
B Gender
B Afro-Americans
B Cartoons
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