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Disneyland and culture : essays on the parks and their influence / edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West.

Jackson, Kathy Merlock, 1955- (Added Author). West, Mark I. (Added Author).

Summary:

"These essays explore the far-reaching ideology unleashed by Disneyland, the world's first permanent, commercially viable theme park. Topics include Disney's role in the creation of children's architecture; Frontierland as an allegorical map of the American West; the "cultural invasion of France" in Disneyland Paris; the politics of nostalgia; and "hyperurbanity" in the town of Celebration, Florida"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780786443727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0786443723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. ; McFarland & Co., c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The Disneyland Concept. The Theme Park : The Art of Time and Space / Margaret J. King and J. G. O'Boyle -- Synergystic Disney : New Directions for Mickey and Media in 1954-1955 / Kathy Merlock Jackson -- Animator as Architect : Disney's Role in the Creation of Children's Architecture / Mark I. West -- Disneyland Attractions. Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., and Its Sources in Hollywood, U.S.A. / Robert Neuman -- Frontierland as an Allegorical Map of the American West / Richard Francaviglia -- The Dark Ride of Snow White : Narrative Strategies at Disneyland / Suzanne Rahn -- Tom Sawyer Island : Mark Twain, Walt Disney, and the Literary Playground / Mark I. West -- A Southern California Boyhood in the Simu-Southland Shadows of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room / Craig Svonkin -- Disneyland's Variations. Disneyland Paris : A Clash of Cultures / Christian Renaut -- Hong Kong Disneyland : Feng Shui Inside the Magic Kingdom / Derham Groves -- Hyperurbanity : Idealism, New Urbanism, and the Politics of Hyperreality in the Town of Celebration, Florida / Eric Detweiler -- Disneyland's Influence. Theme Parks and Films : Play and Players / J. P. Telotte -- Of Theme Parks and Television : Walt Disney, Rod Serling, and the Politics of Nostalgia / Douglas Brode -- Vacation in Historyland / Katherine Howe -- Autographs for Tots : the Marketing of Stars to Children / Kathy Merlock Jackson -- Forget the Prozac, Give Me a Dose of Disney / Cathy Scibelli -- The Disney Effect : Fifty Years After Theme Park Design / Margaret J. King.