How to Read Donald Duck
Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic - New Enlarged & Corrected Edition, With Updated Introduction by David Kunz & J.S. Lawrence on the Right to Criticize D
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The classic, critical and humorous study of cultural imperialism and children's literature; how the Disney fantasy world reproduces the "American Dream" fantasy world, and the disastrous effect of Disney comics and other "mass" cultural merchandise on the development of the so-called "Third" World. In 1973 this work was banned and burned in Chile, and later the English edition was banned for more than a year by the US government. In comic book format with cartoon examples, introduction by David KUNZLE on the Disney world, a bibliography of left writings on cultural imperialism and the comics, and an appendix by John Shelton LAWRENCE on the book's US censorship and the legal-political issues involved in the right to criticize Disney
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How to Read Donald Duck, Ariel Dorfman, Armand Mattelart, David Kunz, J.S. Lawrence
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- Released
- 1991,
- Book condition
- Very Good
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- €25.49
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- Title
- How to Read Donald Duck
- Subtitle
- Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic - New Enlarged & Corrected Edition, With Updated Introduction by David Kunz & J.S. Lawrence on the Right to Criticize D
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ariel Dorfman, Armand Mattelart, David Kunz, J.S. Lawrence
- Publisher
- International General
- Released
- 1991
- Pages
- 119
- ISBN10
- 0884770370
- ISBN13
- 9780884770374
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Political Science & Politics, Philosophical Topics, Art, Politics, Criticism
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- The classic, critical and humorous study of cultural imperialism and children's literature; how the Disney fantasy world reproduces the "American Dream" fantasy world, and the disastrous effect of Disney comics and other "mass" cultural merchandise on the development of the so-called "Third" World. In 1973 this work was banned and burned in Chile, and later the English edition was banned for more than a year by the US government. In comic book format with cartoon examples, introduction by David KUNZLE on the Disney world, a bibliography of left writings on cultural imperialism and the comics, and an appendix by John Shelton LAWRENCE on the book's US censorship and the legal-political issues involved in the right to criticize Disney