Cosmopolitan and border experiences in the global city of Zootopia

López Fuentes, A.V. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This paper analyses the Walt Disney’s animation film Zootopia (2016) within the context of contemporary cinematic representations of global cities as borderlands but also as bordering, exclusive, diverse and cosmopolitan places. Zootopia is a film about the city space, in this case, about the global city of zootopia. The film reflects contemporary global cities in which the negotiation of space is a constant issue. It portrays a modern metropolis formed by different neighbourhoods with contrasting habitats such as Sahara, Jungle or Tundra, all comprised in the same space and separated by physical walls. Animals from every environment, size and form cohabit together in the city, but physical and metaphorical borders are erected between them. The film brings an inclusive message breaking with borders inside the global city and portraying moments of openness between the protagonists; a bunny and a fox. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.12795/REN.2021.I25.08

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos 25 (2021), 163-184
ISSN: 1133-309X

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.101 - Literature and Literary Theory (Q4)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)