Description
Generally neglected for their rhetorical power, animated cartoons provide a treasure chest of provocative and comic gems that teach about the seven deadly sins. After a brief history of parables and fables, icons and visual communication, this book explores each of the seven deadly sins as represented in short animated films from Disney, Pixar, the Warner Brothers, and foreign animators. Terry Lindvall argues that attending to the tropes of the cartoons leads to exemplary and revelatory discoveries, to seeing more of what pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust mean across cultures and historical eras.
About the Author
Terry Lindvall is C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781978715035
Author Terry Lindvall
Format Hardback
Page Count 284
Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Weight(grams) 558g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 22mm