The Disney Middle Ages

By Tison Pugh, Susan Lynn Aronstein

Subjects: Fairy tales, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Medievalism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Walt Disney Productions, Commercial products, Middle ages in motion pictures, Walt disney productions, Middle Ages in motion pictures, HISTORY / Medieval, Medievalism in art, Social aspects, Middle ages, Political aspects

Description: "The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past examines the intersection between the products of the Walt Disney Company and popular culture's fascination with the Middle Ages. The Disney Middle Ages have come, for many, to figure as the Middle Ages, forming the earliest visions of the medieval past for much of the contemporary western (and increasingly eastern) imaginary. The Disney Middle Ages explores Disney's accounts of the Middle Ages and their political and cultural ramifications, analyzing how these re-creations of a fairy-tale history function in modern society"--