A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks : Middle Class Kingdoms / / Sabrina Mittermeier

• Autore: Mittermeier Sabrina
• Pubblicazione: Intellect, 2020; [s.l.] : , : Intellect, , 2020
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.068
• Soggetto topico: Fiction / Action & Adventure
• Soggetto genere / forma: Fiction
• Soggetto non controllato: Action & Adventure; Fiction
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I The American Disney Theme Parks -- Chapter 1 An Orange Grove in Anaheim: The OriginalDisneyland (1955) -- Main Street, USA: Civil Religion, Miniaturized Pasts, and theAmerican Imagination -- Adventureland: Showcasing the Exotic -- Frontierland: The Crockett Craze and Other Western Myths -- New Orleans Square: Stretching the Frontier -- Bear/Critter Country: The Southern Wild -- Fantasyland: Remediation and Synergy -- Tomorrowland: Domestic Futures and Visions of Mobility -- Disneyland as a Cultural Product of the 1950s -- Chapter 2 Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (1971)and the Age of Fracture -- The Florida Project -- The Magic Kingdom -- EPCOT and the Disillusionment of the 1970s -- PART II The International Disney Theme Parks -- Chapter 3 "Is There Really a Disneyland in America?" - The Unique Case of Tokyo Disneyland (1983) -- The Design of Tokyo Disneyland -- Tokyo Disneyland: A Transcultural Space? -- Tokyo, 1983: The Relevance of Historic Context -- Timing, Timing Timing: Tokyo Disneyland's Relevance, Then and Now -- Chapter 4 A "Cultural Chernobyl?" Euro Disney (1992)and the Theme Park Public -- The Original Disneyland Glocalized - The DesignStrategy of Euro Disneyland -- Euro Disneyland -- Euro Disney Resort -- The Issue of American Cultural Imperialism -- The "Mauschwitz" Scandal -- Bad Press -- The Resort's Financial Failure and its Reasons -- EuroDisney? -- European Tourists -- The Theme Park Public? -- Aftermath -- Chapter 5 Hong Kong Disneyland (2005): A Site ofLocal Pride and Conflict -- Designing Hong Kong Disneyland -- Disney in China -- The Park's Controversies and Problems -- The Importance of Local Identity in Shaping the Park. ; The Role of Class in Hong Kong Disneyland's Reception -- Chapter 6 "Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese" - Shanghai Disneyland (2016) -- Deviating from the Template: Shanghai Disneyland's Design -- The Question of Glocalization -- The Park's Success and Controversies -- Coming Full Circle: Reasons for Shanghai Disneyland's Success -- Chapter 7 Middle-Class Kingdoms: Then, Now,and Forever? -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: The first comparative historical study of the six Disneyland theme parks around the world in five distinct cultures: the USA, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Situates the parks in their respective historic contexts at the time of their opening, and considers the part that class plays in the success or failure of these ventures.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks
• ISBN: 9781789382464; 1789382467; 9781789382457; 1789382459
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910477317203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II