[audiobook] The Moral Narratives of Hayao Miyazaki by Eric Reinders at Arts-Photography

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In Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination; Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory; animation theory; and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological; environmental; and sociocultural change. Since producing the first fully computer-animated feature film; Pixar Animation Studios has been a creative force in digital culture and popular entertainment. But; more specifically; its depictions of uncanny toys; technologically sublime worlds; fantastic characters; and meaningful sensations explore aesthetic experience and its relation to developments in global media; creative capitalism; and consumer culture. This investigation finds in Pixarrsquo;s artificial worlds and transformational stories opportunities for thinking through aesthetics as a contested domain committed to newness and innovation as well as to criticism and pluralistic thought.