this might be of interest mike ----------------------------------- Reading the rabbit : explorations in Warner Bros. animation / edited by Kevin S. Sandler. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1998. [271 p.] Contents Introduction : Looney Tunes and Merry Metonyms / Kevin S. Sandler - A short critical history of Warner Bros. cartoons / Barry Putterman - From Disney to Warner Bros. : the critical shift / Timothy R. White - Charlie Thorson and the temporary Disneyfication of Warner Bros. cartoons / Gene Walz - From vaudeville to Hollywood, from silence to sound : Warner Bros. cartoons of the early sound era / Hank Sartin - The image of the hillbilly in Warner Bros. cartoons of the thirties / Michael Frierson - The view from Termite Terrace : caricature and parody in Warner Bros. animation / Donald Crafton - Darker shades of animation : African-American images in the Warner Bros. cartoon / Terry Lindvall and Ben Fraser - "Ah, love! Zee grand illusion!" : Pepé le Pew, narcissism, and cats in the Casbah / Kirsten Moana Thompson - Gendered evasion : Bugs Bunny in drag / Kevin S. Sandler - Selling Bugs Bunny : Warner Bros. and character merchandising in the nineties / Lindy Simensky - Fans versus Time Warner : who owns Looney Tunes? / Bill Mikulak - Hybrid cinema : the Mask, masques, and Tex Avery / Norman M. Klein. Bibliography [Includes bibliographical references]; index ISBN 0813525373 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813525381 (pbk. : alk. paper) -----Original Message----- From: Film-Philosophy Salon [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Szekfü András Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 4:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Looney Tunes Hi, has anyone met serious analysis of Looney Tunes? Any info welcome... Andras dr. Andras Szekfu Ph.D. Professor Chair of Film Studies King Sigismund College Budapest, Hungary * * Film-Philosophy salon After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. * Film-Philosophy journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com Contact: [log in to unmask] ** * * Film-Philosophy salon After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. * Film-Philosophy journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com Contact: [log in to unmask] **