Mouse morality : the rhetoric of Disney animated film / Annalee R. Ward ; foreword by Clifford G. Christians.

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1. Disney, film, and morality : a beginning -- Disney as moral educator -- Concern for morality -- A unique audience -- Method of research -- Definitions -- Reading the texts -- 2. The Lion King : moral educator through myth, archetype, and ritual -- Film background -- Mythic narrative -- Archetype -- Ritual -- Communication tools -- The Lion King as moral educator -- 3. Pocahontas : the symbolic boundaries of moral order -- Film background -- Disney and history -- Symbolic boundaries of moral order -- Conclusion -- 4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame : comically framing virtue and vice -- Film background -- Interpretive frames -- Virtue ethics -- Conclusion -- 5. Hercules : a celebrity-hero -- Film background -- Identification through narrative strategies -- Conclusion -- 6. Mulan : East meets West -- Film background -- Interculturalism -- Moral tensions -- Conclusion -- 7. A Disney worldview : mixed moral messages -- A Disney worldview -- Implications of the Disney worldview for culture -- Conclusion.