The Nightmare Before Christmas -

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Résumé :
This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and history of the film from pre-production to the present day. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993) has become a key point of reference in negotiations of genre and the boundaries between mainstream and cult cultures, both on screen and in the spaces of fandom, and in original and retrospective reception contexts where it often becomes tangled with nostalgia. Contributors to this edited collection consider the film as a cultural object with significant impact on animation, representations of family and horror, and fandom and subcultures. Covering topics including representations of fairy tales, Christmas media, cultural appropriation, family horror, merchandise, theme parks, and food, this work explores the film's ongoing cultural impact....

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Filipa Antunes is Lecturer in the Humanities at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her main research interests are childhood and popular culture, especially when the two intersect...

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List of Contributors

Introduction

I: What's This?: The Changing Frameworks and Meanings of The Nightmare Before Christmas

1. Whose Nightmare Before Christmas? Authorship and Authenticity in Contemporary Stop-Motion Animation
Filipa Antunes (University of East Anglia, UK)
2. From Art House to Attraction: Haunted Mansion Holiday and Rebranding Disney's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Nick Benson (SUNY Oneonta, USA)
3. Action Figures and the Contextual Reframing of The Nightmare Before Christmas
Alec Plowman (University of East Anglia, UK)

II: Everybody Scream!: Interpreting The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. How Horrible, How Jolly: The Nightmare Before Christmas in Holiday Media
Sarah Whitney (Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College, USA)
5. Once Upon a Nightmare: The Nightmare Before Christmas and the Burtonesque Tale
Brittany Eldridge (Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine, USA)
6. I'm Gonna Do the Best I Can: Social Constructs and Adult Fandom
A Luxx Mishou (Independent Scholar, USA)

III: Simply Meant to Be: The Continuing Impact of The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Characters, Ani-embodiment, and Spatial Transmedia: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Theme Parks and on Stage
Rebecca Williams (University of South Wales, UK)
8. Worm's Wort Optional: The Nightmare Before Christmas Fans' Mimetic Food Craft as Tactile Transmedia, Auteur Affirmation, and Transformative Translocation
James Rendell (University of South Wales, UK)
9. Surreal Swirls, Goths and Ghouls: Identity, Fashion and Costumes Inspired by the World of Burton
Nicolle Lamerichs (HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Guide to Further Research
Index