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Disney and His Worlds

By Alan Bryman

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0415103762, 9780415103763, 0203204875, 9780203204870, 9780203288153
LCC
GV1853.3.C22 D572 1995
Open Library ID
OL1115995M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
967 kB (989916 bytes)
Pages
232\200
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This work provides an overview of the Disney organization, in particular the theme parks and their significance for contemporary culture. The author examines topics such as Walt Disney's life and how his biography has been constructed, the Disney Company in the years after his death and various writings about the Disney theme parks. He raises important issues about the parks such as: whether they are harbringers of postmodernism; the significance of consumption at the parks; and the representation of past and future. The discussion of theme parks links with the presentation of Disney's biography and his organization by showing how central economic and business considerations have been in their development and how the significance of these considerations is typically marginalized in order to place an emphasis on fantasy and magic.

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