Title & Author:

Disney discourse : producing the magic kingdom / edited by Eric Smoodin.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1994.

Description:

x, 270 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

AFI film readers

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
Introduction : how to read Walt Disney / Eric Smoodin -- Genius at work : Walt Disney / Paul Hollister -- Film phenomena ; Mickey Icarus, 1943 : fusing ideas with the art of the animated cartoon / Walter Wanger -- The magic worlds of Walt Disney / Robert De Roos -- Disney's business history : a reinterpretation / Douglas Gomery -- Disney after Disney : family business and the business of family / Jon Lewis -- Painting a plausible world : Disney's color prototypes / Richard Neupert -- The betrayal of the future : Walt Disney's EPCOT Center / Alexander Wilson -- "Surprise package " : looking southward with Disney / Julianne Burton-Carvajal -- Pato Donald's gender ducking / José Piedra -- Cultural contagion : on Disney's health education films for Latin America / Lisa Cartwright and Brian Goldfarb -- Images of empire : Tokyo Disneyland and Japanese cultural imperialism / Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto.
The Mickey in Macy's window : childhood, consumerism, and Disney animation / Richard deCordova -- Fantasia : cultural constructions of Disney's "masterpiece" / Moya Luckett.

Summary:

An interdisciplinary examination of Walt Disney and his empire. Examining Disney at a time of expansion with new mall stores and theme parks, these essays look at its domestic cultural production and global politics.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415906156 (hb ; acid-free paper)
9780415906159 (hb ; acid-free paper)
0415906164 (pb ; acid-free paper)
9780415906166 (pb ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 Criticism and interpretation.
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966
Disney, Walt, (1901-1966) Critique et interprétation.
Disney, Walt, (1901-1966) Influence.
Walt Disney Company.
Popular culture.
Intercultural communication.
Culture populaire.
popular culture.
Communication interculturelle.
Culture de masse États-Unis.
Dessins animés États-Unis.
Animated films
United States

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Smoodin, Eric Loren.
AFI film readers.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 83371
Call No.: ID PN1999.W27 D57; ID:95-B3209
Status: Available