Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780861969081
Content:
Long considered a figurehead of family values and wholesome adolescence, the Disney franchise has faced increasing criticism over its gendered representations of children in film, its stereotypical representations of race and non-white cultures, and its emphasis on the heterosexual couple. Against a historical backdrop of studio history, audience reception, and the industrial-organizational apparatus of Disney media, SeAn Harrington examines the Disney classics through a psychoanalytical framework to explore the spirit of devotion, fandom, and frenzy that is instilled in consumers of Disney products and that underlie the fantasy of the Magic Kingdom. This compelling study demystifies the unsettling cleanliness and pretensions to innocence that the Disney brand claims to hold
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction -- Part one. The homunculus -- A theoretical context -- Psycho-mythology -- The phallus and Disney animation -- The conceptual homunculus -- Part two. The regressive apparatus -- Disney character tropes -- The industrial process and the father -- Fantasia and eroticism -- Regression and jouissance -- Part three. The hybrid utopia -- Hegemony -- Disney's "Good neighbour" -- World War II and propaganda -- The consumerist utopia.
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Harrington, Seán J. The Disney Fetish
Language:
English
