Rethinking Disney : private control, public dimensions / edited by Mike Budd and Max H. Kirsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Budd, Mike, 1944-

Kirsch, Max H., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walt Disney Company--Congresses.

Walt Disney Company.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Wide-ranging interdisciplinary essays look at the Disney empire.

Contents:

Part 1 Alternative Histories

Dis-Gnosis: Disney and the Re-Tooling of Knowledge, Art, Culture, Life Etcetera / Dick Hebdige Hebdige, Dick

Disney's Bestiary / Susan Willis Willis, Susan

Part 2 Capitalism, Commodification, Globalization

Monarchs, Monsters and Multiculturalism: Disney's Menu for Global Hierarchy / Lee Artz Artz, Lee

The Lion King, Mimesis, and Disney's Magical Capitalism / Maurya Wickstrom Wickstrom, Maurya

Part 3 Hierarchies: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality

Curiouser and Curiouser: Gay Days at the Disney Theme Parks / Sean Griffin Griffin, Sean

Anglophilia and the Discreet Charm of the English Voice in Disney's Pocahontas Films / Radha Jhappan Jhappan, Radha, Daiva Stasiulis Stasiulis, Daiva

Part 4 Representation, Simulation, Appropriation

Everybody Wants a Piece of Pooh: Winnie, from Adaptation to Market Saturation / Aaron Taylor Taylor, Aaron

Truer than Life: Disney's Animal Kingdom / Scott Hermanson Hermanson, Scott

Part 5 Urban Planning and Themed Environments

Saying No to Disney: Disney's Demise in Four American Cities / Stacy Warren Warren, Stacy

Synergy City: How Times Square and Celebration are Integrated into Disney's Marketing Cycle / Frank Roost Roost, Frank

Disneyfication, the Stadium, and the Politics of Ambiance / Greg Siegel Siegel, Greg.

Notes:

Selected papers from the international conference "Rethinking Disney" held in Nov. 2000 at Florida Atlantic University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0819567892

0819567906

OCLC:

60245529

Publisher Number:

9780819567895

9780819567901