Inquiry: David Whitley: The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

• Artist: Mark Lynch
• Title: David Whitley: The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation
• Album: Inquiry
• Length: 29:00 minutes (12.47 MB)
• Format: Stereo 44kHz 60Kbps (VBR)

Did the feature length animation Bambi inspire a sense of concern about the animals of the forest in the 1950s that would later cause those same viewers as adults to become the environmentalists of the 80s? What does the classic housecleaning sequence of Snow White say about American attitudes towards domesticating our wilderness? All this, and much more is discussed tonight on Inquiry, when we talk with DAVID WHITLEY, Lecturer in English in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. Professor Whitley has written a singularly fascinating analysis of film that connects Disney animations, old and new,  with American ideas about the natural world. His book is titled THE IDEA OF NATURE IN DISNEY ANIMATION.