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Individualism and National Identity in Disney's Early British Films

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Abstract

Copyright © 2015 Taylor & Francis.This article centers on a series of live-action Disney movies filmed and set in Britain, and released between the early-1950s and late-1960s: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953), Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953), Kidnapped (1960), and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966). Through close analysis of this group of films, it examines the extent to which these Anglo-American productions successfully negotiate a mid-Atlantic path between British and North American customs and ideologies, arguing that, while derived from British historical, literary, and folktale narratives, ultimately they reflect and embody complex and characteristically American values of freedom and individualism.

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Author(s): Brown N

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Popular Film and Television

Year: 2015

Volume: 43

Issue: 4

Pages: 188-200

Online publication date: 28/12/2015

Acceptance date: 11/05/2015

ISSN (print): 0195-6051

ISSN (electronic): 1930-6458

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2015.1069726

DOI: 10.1080/01956051.2015.1069726

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