The Morality of Killing in Children's Animated Films

Death is a topic most adults avoid, especially when it comes to children. Yet, death saturates American media, including the animated films that children watch most. Despite cultural assumptions of animation as innocent fantasy, popular animated films introduce young audiences to violence, killing, and moral judgments at alarming rates, shaping the way children understand both mortality and morality.

This book offers the first in-depth examination of homicide in children's animated films to...