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Disney Theme Parks and America's National Narratives: Mirror, Mirror, for Us All
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Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives: Mirror, Mirror, for Us All

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Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives takes a public history approach to situating the physical spaces of the Disney brand within memory and identity studies.

For over 65 years, Disney’s theme parks have been important locations for the formation and negotiation of the collective memory of the American narrative. Disney’s success as one of America’s most prolific storytellers, its rise as a symbol of America itself, and its creation of theme parks that immerse visitors in 3-dimensional versions of certain American values and historic myths have both echoed and shaped the way the American people see themselves. Like all versions of the American narrative, Disney’s serves to reassure us, affirm our shared values, and unite a diverse group of people under a distinctly American identity-or at least, it did. The book shows how the status Disney obtained led the public to use them both as touchstones of identity and as spaces to influence the American identity writ large. This volume also examines:

* how Disney’s original cartoons and live action entertainment offerings drew from American folk history and ideals

* how their work during World War II cemented them as an American symbol at home and abroad

* how the materialization of the American themes already espoused by the brand at their theme parks created a place where collective memory lives

* how legitimization by presidents and other national figures gave the theme parks standing no other entertainment space has

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of history, media, cultural studies, American studies, and tourism.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
27 December 2022
Pages
118
ISBN
9781032294988

Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives takes a public history approach to situating the physical spaces of the Disney brand within memory and identity studies.

For over 65 years, Disney’s theme parks have been important locations for the formation and negotiation of the collective memory of the American narrative. Disney’s success as one of America’s most prolific storytellers, its rise as a symbol of America itself, and its creation of theme parks that immerse visitors in 3-dimensional versions of certain American values and historic myths have both echoed and shaped the way the American people see themselves. Like all versions of the American narrative, Disney’s serves to reassure us, affirm our shared values, and unite a diverse group of people under a distinctly American identity-or at least, it did. The book shows how the status Disney obtained led the public to use them both as touchstones of identity and as spaces to influence the American identity writ large. This volume also examines:

* how Disney’s original cartoons and live action entertainment offerings drew from American folk history and ideals

* how their work during World War II cemented them as an American symbol at home and abroad

* how the materialization of the American themes already espoused by the brand at their theme parks created a place where collective memory lives

* how legitimization by presidents and other national figures gave the theme parks standing no other entertainment space has

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of history, media, cultural studies, American studies, and tourism.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
27 December 2022
Pages
118
ISBN
9781032294988