Cambier, Vanessa2022-08-292022-08-292022-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/241362University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. 2022. Major: Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society. Advisors: John Archer, Maggie Hennefeld. 1 computer file (PDF); 218 pages.My dissertation, titled "Extending the Frame: Animation, Feminism, & Politics," investigates the the work of women animators from the past and present, zooming in on case studies (work by animators like Sally Cruikshank and Kelly Gallagher especially), and zooming out to investigate groups of films read together as a collective and ways BIPOC animators negotiate spaces within industry. I frame the animators and films within specific historical contexts, often using film and media theory to underscore the relationships between the films and feminist politics.enAnimationBrenda BanksExperimental FilmFeminismJoySally CruikshankThesis or Dissertation