PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sean Griffin teaches film and media at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Previously, he produced television advertisements at New Wave Productions for Disney's theatrical features.
In this sprightly analysis of classical and contemporary Disney fare, queer theorist Griffin breaks new ground in media and cultural studies while outdoing right-wing politicians and fundamentalists who see homosexuality everywhere... Griffin is careful in building his argument that Disney images have been enormously influenced by gay culture and in showing how gay culture has, in turn, claimed and appropriated those images. --Publishers Weekly Presents Disney culture-so often thought of as a bastion of mainstream, heterosexual family values-in a fascinating and illuminating new light. Tinker Belles and Evil Queens is sharp and rigorously researched work. A veritable alternative history of Disney. --Dana Polan, University of Southern California
