The Society for Animation Studies announces a call for entries for the 2019 McLaren-Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Book on Animation. Entries must be a book – both monographs and edited collections are accepted – published in 2017 or 2018 that contributes to the field of animation studies. An author must be a current member of the SAS, and authors must nominate themselves and arrange f...
New publication: Children’s Media and Modernity
Ewan Kirkland is an active member of SAS. Recently his new book Children’s Media and Modernity: Film, Television and Digital Games was published by Peter Lang AG. This book explores how products for children navigate contradictions by investigating the history and textuality of three major forms of modern media: cinema, television and digital games. Case studies – including Wallace and Grom...