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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2021 · 1H 21M

The Jungle Book

from Deconstructing Disney · host erin casey, rachel casey

Episode SummaryJoin Erin and Rachel as they journey to the jungles of India to discuss the 1967 classic, The Jungle Book. Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, a champion of British Imperialism, the film demonstrates more implicit racism and sexism than colonialist themes. Episode BibliographyBiography.com Editors. (2019, October 21). Rudyard Kipling biography. Biography. https://www.biography.com/writer/rudyard-kiplingCash, D. (2013, October 7). How to adapt The Jungle Book (and not make it racist). The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/how-to-adapt-em-the-jungle-book-em-and-not-make-it-racist/280292/Dean, G. (2020, October 19). Disney Plus now warns viewers of racist stereotypes in older films, including ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Dumbo,’ and ‘The Jungle Book’. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-racism-stereotypes-warning-peter-pan-dumbo-aladdin-2020-10Disney 'Jungle Book' Arrives Just in Time. (1967, December 23). The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/23/archives/disney-jungle-book-arrives-just-in-time.htmlIgnacia, C. (2016, December 16). Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece (1997). YouTube. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeWtAgVkOQcThe Jungle Book. (n.d.). The Disney Wiki. Retrieved December 6, 2020, from https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Jungle_BookThe Jungle Book (1967 film). (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1967_film)#Kipling, R. (1894). The Jungle Book. Macmillan. Kipling, R. (1899). The white man’s burden: The United States and the Phillipine Islands. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/kipling.aspLark, M. (2016, March 31). Floyd Norman’s 9 Wild Stories From the Making of The Jungle Book (1967). D23. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://d23.com/floyd-normans-9-wild-stories-from-the-making-of-the-jungle-book-1967/Louis Prima. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_PrimaMetcalf, G. (1991). "It's A Jungle Book Out There, Kid!": The Sixties in Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book". Studies in Popular Culture, 14(1), 85-97. JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23413919Ness, M. (2015, August 20). Walt Disney Supervises His Last Film: The Jungle Book. Tor.com. Retrieved December 3, 2020, from https://www.tor.com/2015/08/20/walt-disney-supervises-his-last-film-the-jungle-book/Packer, M. (2016, April 11). How Walt Disney brought The Jungle Book to the big screen. Little White Lies. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://lwlies.com/articles/the-jungle-book-walt-disney-flloyd-norman/Reitherman, W. (Director). (1967). The Jungle Book [Film]. Walt Disney Animation Studios.Roxborough, S. (2016, April 22). Why Disney's Original 'Jungle Book' Is Germany's Biggest Film of All Time. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/germany-original-jungle-book-biggest-885953“The White Man’s Burden”: Kipling’s Hymn to U.S. Imperialism. (n.d.). History Matters. Retrieved December 6, 2020, from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5478/Whitley, D. (2012). The idea of nature in Disney animation: From Snow White to WALL-E (2nd ed.) . Ashgate.

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