Disney Discourse Producing the Magic Kingdom

Name: Disney Discourse Producing the Magic Kingdom
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ISBN: 9780415906159

ISBN-10: 0415906156

ISBN-13: 9780415906159

Edition: 1994

Authors: Eric Smoodin

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Hirohito and his Mickey Mouse watch, Goofy and Donald as our "Goodwill Ambassadors:"Disney Discourseis an interdisciplinary examination of the founder and his empire. These essays use an interdisciplinary approach to read through Disney's domestic cultural production "innocent" national icons, as well as theme parks, cartoons and television to analyze the global impact of American popular culture, the politics of Disney, and the complex reception Disney productions have received around the world. The Disney corporation's ever-increasing visibility the opening of Euro Disney and new stores in malls and vast influence over global culture demands critical attention not only in film and…

Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/22/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: How to Read Walt Disney




Genius at Work: Walt Disney




Film Phenomena




Mickey Icarus, 1943: Fusing Ideas with the Art of the Animated Cartoon




The Magic Worlds of Walt Disney




Disney's Business History: A Reinterpretation




Disney After Disney: Family Business and the Business of Family




Painting a Plausible World: Disney's Color Prototypes




The Betrayal of the Future: Walt Disney's EPCOT Center




"Surprise Package": Looking Southward with Disney




Pato Donald's Gender Ducking




Cultural Contagion: On Disney's Health Education Films for Latin America




Images of Empire: Tokyo Disneyland and Japanese Cultural Imperialism




The Mickey in Macy's Window: Childhood, Consumerism, and Disney Animation




Fantasia: Cultural Constructions of Disney's "Masterpiece"



Notes


Index


List of Contributors