| Description |
ix, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in communication and society |
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Studies in communication and society (Leicester, England)
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| Contents |
Is it a small world, after all? / Janet Wasko -- The global Disney audiences project : Disney across cultures / Mark Phillips -- Australia : Disney and the Australian cultural imaginary / Virginia Nightingale -- Brazil : love it and hate it : Brazilians' ambiguous relationship with Disney / Raul Reis -- Denmark : 'Donald seems so Danish' : Disney and the formation of cultural identity / Kirsten Drotner -- France : Disney in the land of cultural exception / Jacques Guyot -- Greece : Disney's descent on Greece : the company is the message / Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock and George Terzis -- Japan : American in Japan/Japan in Disneyfication : the Disney image and the transformation of 'America' in contemporary Japan / Shunya Yoshimi -- Korea : Disney in Korean mass culture / Seung Hyun Kim and Kyung Sook Lee -- Mexico : Disney in Mexico : observations on integrating global culture objects into everyday life / Silvia Molina y Vedia -- Norway : Norwegian memories of the Disney universe / Ingunn Hagen -- South Africa : Disney in South Africa : towards a common culture in a fragmented society? / Simon Burton -- United Kingdom : Disney dialectics : debating the politics of children's media culture / David Buckingham -- United States : a Disney dialectic : a tale of two American cities / Norma Pecora and Eileen R. Meehan -- Dazzled by Disney? Ambiguity in ubiquity / Janet Wasko and Eileen R. Meehan |
| Summary |
The result of a research project, this work assesses the global expansion and reception of Disney products, including film, television programmes and merchandising, in 18 countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Walt Disney Company -- Influence.
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Animated films.
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Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles.
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| Author |
Wasko, Janet.
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Phillips, Mark, 1954-
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Meehan, Eileen R., 1951-
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| LC no. |
00067822 |
| ISBN |
0718502604 |
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9780718502607 |
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0718502612 |
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9780718502614 |
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0826479146 |
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9780826479143 |
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