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Author Wills, John, 1971- author.

Title Disney culture / John Wills
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (v, 158 pages)
Series Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
Quick takes.
Contents Making Disney magic -- The world according to Disney -- Disney dollars -- Disney values
Summary "Over the past century, Disney has grown from a small American animation studio into a multipronged global media giant. Today, the company's annual revenue exceeds the GDP of over 100 countries, and its portfolio has grown to include Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ABC, and ESPN. With a company so diversified, is it still possible to identify a coherent Disney vision or message? Disney Culture proposes that there is still a unifying Disney ethos, one that can be traced back to the corporate philosophy that Walt Disney himself developed back in the 1920s. Yet, as cultural historian John Wills demonstrates, Disney's values have also adapted to changing social climates. At the same time, the world of Disney has profoundly shaped how Americans view the world. Wills offers a nuanced take on the corporate ideologies running through animated and live-action Disney movies from Frozen to Fantasia, from Mary Poppins to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But Disney Culture encompasses much more than just movies as it explores the intersections between Disney's business practices and its cultural mythmaking. Welcome to "the Disney Way.""-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-149) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed November 21, 2019)
SUBJECT Drury, David gnd
Subject Walt Disney Company -- Management
SUBJECT Walt Disney Company fast
Walt Disney Company Burbank, Calif. gnd
Subject Corporate culture.
Organizational Culture
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
Corporate culture
Management
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Animationsfilm
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016032171
ISBN 9780813583341
0813583349
9780813583334
0813583330