A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle Class Kingdoms
Autor Sabrina Mittermeieren Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2021
When the first Disneyland opened its doors in 1955, it reinvented the American amusement park and transformed the travel, tourism, and entertainment industries forever. Now a global vacation empire, the original park in Anaheim, California, has been joined by massive complexes in Florida, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
Spanning six decades, three continents, and five distinct cultures, Sabrina Mittermeier presents an interdisciplinary examination of the parks, situating them in their proper historical context and exploring the distinct cultural, social, and economic landscapes that defined each one at the time of its construction. Mittermeier then spotlights the central role of class in the subsequent success or failure of each venture. The first comparative study of the Disney theme parks, the book closes a significant gap in existing research and is an important new contribution to the field.
Spanning six decades, three continents, and five distinct cultures, Sabrina Mittermeier presents an interdisciplinary examination of the parks, situating them in their proper historical context and exploring the distinct cultural, social, and economic landscapes that defined each one at the time of its construction. Mittermeier then spotlights the central role of class in the subsequent success or failure of each venture. The first comparative study of the Disney theme parks, the book closes a significant gap in existing research and is an important new contribution to the field.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781789383270
ISBN-10: 1789383277
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 244 x 170 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Intellect Ltd
Colecția Intellect Ltd
ISBN-10: 1789383277
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 244 x 170 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Intellect Ltd
Colecția Intellect Ltd
Notă biografică
Sabrina Mittermeier holds a doctorate in American cultural history from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. She has been a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Augsburg in Germany and was a research assistant for the “Time and Temporality in Theme Parks” project, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Cuprins
Introduction: The Cultural Relevance of Disneyland
Part I: The American Disney Theme Parks
An Orange Grove in Anaheim: The Original Disneyland (1955)
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (1971) and the Age of Fracture
Part II: The International Disney Theme Parks
‘Is There Really a Disneyland in America?’ – The Unique Case of Tokyo Disneyland (1983)
A ‘Cultural Chernobyl?’ – EuroDisney (1992) and the Theme Park Public
Hong Kong Disneyland (2005): A Site of Local Pride and Conflict
‘Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese’ – Shanghai Disneyland (2016)
Middle Class Kingdoms: Then, Now, and Forever?
Bibliography
Part I: The American Disney Theme Parks
An Orange Grove in Anaheim: The Original Disneyland (1955)
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (1971) and the Age of Fracture
Part II: The International Disney Theme Parks
‘Is There Really a Disneyland in America?’ – The Unique Case of Tokyo Disneyland (1983)
A ‘Cultural Chernobyl?’ – EuroDisney (1992) and the Theme Park Public
Hong Kong Disneyland (2005): A Site of Local Pride and Conflict
‘Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese’ – Shanghai Disneyland (2016)
Middle Class Kingdoms: Then, Now, and Forever?
Bibliography
Recenzii
"A detailed and engaging cultural history of Disneyland’s theme parks to tell the story of this now global phenomenon. . . . The book will be essential reading across humanities and social science, and for anyone interested in contemporary culture. . . . This is a great book in so many ways, not least of which is the academic analysis on a really crucial and vitally important part of popular culture. . . . I strongly urge people to read it both in terms of how interesting the analysis is, and because it's a great and fascinating story, and particularly poignant now."
"One of the strongest works of Disney scholarship in recent years, serving as a history of the parks themselves and an exploration of the consumers that visit those spaces. Mittermeier's work represents the first scholarly history of the six parks, keenly observing the cultural adaptations and interplays that occur in the creation and eventual financial success of the parks. The emphasis on the consumers . . . is a masterstroke, evading the more internecine ivory tower debates around Disney and offering a sense of why the parks have proven successful in a wide array of circumstances. The Disney parks have survived all manner of economic downturns, culture wars, and even a pandemic of late, and this book makes a case that they are worth considering from a scholarly perspective. Even if you have never attended a single Disney park, you will find value in this, and this text speaks to a bright future for the study of Disney."