Rethinking Disney : private control, public dimensions /
edited by Mike Budd and Max H. Kirsch.
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2005.
- ix, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Selected papers from the international conference "Rethinking Disney" held in Nov. 2000 at Florida Atlantic University"-- T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Private Disney, public Disney / Dis-gnosis: Disney and the re-tooling of knowledge, art, culture, life, etcetera / Disney's bestiary / Monarchs, monsters, and multiculturalism: Disney's menu for global hierarchy / lion king, mimesis, and Disney's magical capitalism / Curiouser and curiouser: gay days at the Disney theme parks / Anglophilia and the discreet charm of the English voice in Disney's Pocahontas films / Everybody wants a piece of Pooh: Winnie, from adaptation to market saturation / Truer than life: Disney's Animal Kingdom / Saying no to Disney: Disney's demise in four American cities / Synergy city: how Times Square and celebration are integrated into Disney's marketing cycle / Disneyfication, the stadium, and the politics of ambiance / Mike Budd. -- Dick Hebdige. -- Susan Willis. -- Lee Artz. -- Maurya Wickstrom. -- Sean Griffin. -- Radha Jhappan and Daiva Stasiulis. -- Aaron Taylor. -- Scott Hermanson. -- Stacy Warren. -- Frank Roost. -- Greg Siegel. Introduction: The