Mihaela Mihailova is Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. She has published in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, [in]Transition,Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Feminist Media Studies, animation: an interdisciplinary journal, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, Flow, and Kino Kultura. She has also contributed chapters to Animating Film Theory (with John MacKay), Animated Landscapes: History, Form, and Function, The Animation Studies Reader, and Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema. Dr. Mihailova is the co-editor of Animation Studies and currently serves as Secretary of the Society for Animation Studies

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsCoraline: A Twitchy, Witchy Girl in Stop-Motion Land Mihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Part 1: Historical Contexts and PerspectivesChapter 1: Drawing Coraline: Illustration, Adaptation, and VisualityMalcolm Cook (University of Southampton, UK)Chapter 2: Mixing it Up: Coraline and LAIKA’s Hybrid WorldMiriam Harris (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)Chapter 3: Armatures in the Closet: Coraline and the History of Stop MotionMihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Chapter 4: The Surprising Migrations of 2 ½ D: The Background to CoralineNorman M. Klein (California Institute of the Arts, USA)Part 2: Stop-Motion Technology, Process, and SpectatorshipChapter 5: Replacing CoralineDan Torre (RMIT University, Australia)Chapter 6: Coraline’s ‘Other World’: The Animated Camera in Stop-Motion Feature FilmsJane Shadbolt (The University of Newcastle, Australia)Chapter 7: A World within Reach: A Neuroanimatic Perspective on Themes of Threat in the Miniature World of CoralineAnn Owen (Falmouth University, UK)Chapter 8: Darkness and Delight: The Reception of Coraline in the USA and UKRayna Denison (University of East Anglia, UK)Part 3: Puppet Politics: Ideology, Identity, RepresentationChapter 9: The Other Maiden, Mother, Crone(s): Witchcraft, Queer Identity, and Political Resistance in LAIKA's CoralineMx. Kodi Maier (University of Hull, UK)Chapter 10: Becoming-Puppet: Failed Interpellation and the Uncanny Subjection in CoralineEric Herhuth (Tulane University, USA)Chapter 11: The Wandering Child and the Family in Crisis in Henry Selick’s CoralineJane Batkin (University of Lincoln, UK)Chapter 12: Fa(r)ther Figures: Locating the Author Father in CoralineNicholas Andrew Miller (Loyola University Maryland, USA)Index

Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts.

Mihaela Mihailova is Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. She has published in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, [in]Transition,Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Feminist Media Studies, animation: an interdisciplinary journal, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, Flow, and Kino Kultura. She has also contributed chapters to Animating Film Theory (with John MacKay), Animated Landscapes: History, Form, and Function, The Animation Studies Reader, and Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema. Dr. Mihailova is the co-editor of Animation Studies and currently serves as Secretary of the Society for Animation Studies

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsCoraline: A Twitchy, Witchy Girl in Stop-Motion Land Mihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Part 1: Historical Contexts and PerspectivesChapter 1: Drawing Coraline: Illustration, Adaptation, and VisualityMalcolm Cook (University of Southampton, UK)Chapter 2: Mixing it Up: Coraline and LAIKA’s Hybrid WorldMiriam Harris (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)Chapter 3: Armatures in the Closet: Coraline and the History of Stop MotionMihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Chapter 4: The Surprising Migrations of 2 ½ D: The Background to CoralineNorman M. Klein (California Institute of the Arts, USA)Part 2: Stop-Motion Technology, Process, and SpectatorshipChapter 5: Replacing CoralineDan Torre (RMIT University, Australia)Chapter 6: Coraline’s ‘Other World’: The Animated Camera in Stop-Motion Feature FilmsJane Shadbolt (The University of Newcastle, Australia)Chapter 7: A World within Reach: A Neuroanimatic Perspective on Themes of Threat in the Miniature World of CoralineAnn Owen (Falmouth University, UK)Chapter 8: Darkness and Delight: The Reception of Coraline in the USA and UKRayna Denison (University of East Anglia, UK)Part 3: Puppet Politics: Ideology, Identity, RepresentationChapter 9: The Other Maiden, Mother, Crone(s): Witchcraft, Queer Identity, and Political Resistance in LAIKA's CoralineMx. Kodi Maier (University of Hull, UK)Chapter 10: Becoming-Puppet: Failed Interpellation and the Uncanny Subjection in CoralineEric Herhuth (Tulane University, USA)Chapter 11: The Wandering Child and the Family in Crisis in Henry Selick’s CoralineJane Batkin (University of Lincoln, UK)Chapter 12: Fa(r)ther Figures: Locating the Author Father in CoralineNicholas Andrew Miller (Loyola University Maryland, USA)Index

Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts.

Mihaela Mihailova is Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. She has published in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, [in]Transition,Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Feminist Media Studies, animation: an interdisciplinary journal, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, Flow, and Kino Kultura. She has also contributed chapters to Animating Film Theory (with John MacKay), Animated Landscapes: History, Form, and Function, The Animation Studies Reader, and Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema. Dr. Mihailova is the co-editor of Animation Studies and currently serves as Secretary of the Society for Animation Studies

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsCoraline: A Twitchy, Witchy Girl in Stop-Motion Land Mihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Part 1: Historical Contexts and PerspectivesChapter 1: Drawing Coraline: Illustration, Adaptation, and VisualityMalcolm Cook (University of Southampton, UK)Chapter 2: Mixing it Up: Coraline and LAIKA’s Hybrid WorldMiriam Harris (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)Chapter 3: Armatures in the Closet: Coraline and the History of Stop MotionMihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA)Chapter 4: The Surprising Migrations of 2 ½ D: The Background to CoralineNorman M. Klein (California Institute of the Arts, USA)Part 2: Stop-Motion Technology, Process, and SpectatorshipChapter 5: Replacing CoralineDan Torre (RMIT University, Australia)Chapter 6: Coraline’s ‘Other World’: The Animated Camera in Stop-Motion Feature FilmsJane Shadbolt (The University of Newcastle, Australia)Chapter 7: A World within Reach: A Neuroanimatic Perspective on Themes of Threat in the Miniature World of CoralineAnn Owen (Falmouth University, UK)Chapter 8: Darkness and Delight: The Reception of Coraline in the USA and UKRayna Denison (University of East Anglia, UK)Part 3: Puppet Politics: Ideology, Identity, RepresentationChapter 9: The Other Maiden, Mother, Crone(s): Witchcraft, Queer Identity, and Political Resistance in LAIKA's CoralineMx. Kodi Maier (University of Hull, UK)Chapter 10: Becoming-Puppet: Failed Interpellation and the Uncanny Subjection in CoralineEric Herhuth (Tulane University, USA)Chapter 11: The Wandering Child and the Family in Crisis in Henry Selick’s CoralineJane Batkin (University of Lincoln, UK)Chapter 12: Fa(r)ther Figures: Locating the Author Father in CoralineNicholas Andrew Miller (Loyola University Maryland, USA)Index

Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts.