The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Wild Sentiment: The Theme of Nature in Disney Animation

Part 1 Fairy Tale Adaptations

1 Domesticating Nature: Snow White and Fairy Tale Adaptation

2 Healing the Rift: Human and Animal Nature in The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast

Part 2 The North American Wilderness

3 Bambi and the Idea of Conservation

4 Wilderness and Power: Conflicts and Contested Values from Pocahontas to Brother Bear

Part 3 Tropical Environments

5 The Jungle Book: Nature and the Politics of Identity

6 Tropical Discourse: Unstable Ecologies in Tarzan, The Lion King and Finding Nemo

Part 4 New Developments

7 WALL•E: Nostalgia and the Apocalypse of Trash

Conclusion: New Directions?