Investigating Shrek

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Through the Looking Glass: Shrek in Perspective

   1. Through the Looking Glass: Shrek in Perspective

      • Aurélie Lacassagne, Tim Nieguth, François Dépelteau

      Pages 1-12

3. Shrek in the Classroom

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Representing Political Regimes in the Shrek Trilogy

      • Aurélie Lacassagne

      Pages 15-25

   3. Big (and Green) Is Better: Shrek and Female Body Image

      • Mary Ryan

      Pages 27-38

   4. Green Consciousness: Earth-Based Myth and Meaning in Shrek

      • Jane Caputi

      Pages 39-58

   5. “Happiness Is Just a Teardrop Away”: A Neo-Marxist Interpretation of Shrek

      • Alexander Spencer, Judith Renner, Andreas Kruck

      Pages 59-72

4. Shrek in Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. The Mouse Is Dead, Long Live the Ogre: Shrek and the Boundaries of Transgression

      • Daniel Downes, June M. Madeley

      Pages 75-85

   3. Kantian Cosmopolitanism and the Dreamworkification of the Next Generation

      • Marianne Vardalos

      Pages 87-102

   4. Shrek: Simple Story or Nonhuman Transactor?

      • François Dépelteau

      Pages 103-131

   5. An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Shrek and Fiona

      • Gayle Brewer

      Pages 133-144

5. Instead of a Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Potholes of Knowledge: The Politics of Studying Shrek

      • Tim Nieguth

      Pages 147-162

6. Back Matter

   Pages 163-190

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An exploration of the social significance of Shrek from a variety of theoretical perspectives, this book pursues two different, yet intertwined objectives. The first is to present Shrek as pedagogical tool that could be usefully employed in a number of different disciplines. Shrek is approached from a political science angle, a sociological perspective, and applied to the tenets of evolutionary psychology. The second objective is concerned with outlining some of the ways in which Shrek is actively bound up with various aspects of social reality - such as capitalism, power relations, inequality, rule and resistance. This book analyzes the green ogre and his companions in a way that is entertaining as well as informative.

• body
• consciousness
• corpus
• glass
• identity
• ideology
• Immanuel Kant
• interpret
• knowledge
• Marx
• myth
• politics

• Laurentian University, Canada

  Aurélie Lacassagne, Tim Nieguth, François Dépelteau

TIM NIEGUTH Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Laurentian University, Canada.
 
AURELIE LACASSAGNE Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Laurentian University, Canada.

FRANCOIS DEPELTEAU Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University, Canada.
 

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