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BL
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987285
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b741655
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| Main Entry
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Bryman, Alan.
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| Title & Author
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Disney and his worlds /\ Alan Bryman.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1995.
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x, 222 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0203204875
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: 0415103754
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: 0415103762
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: 9780203204870
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: 9780415103756
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: 9780415103763
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Pt. I. Disney and his Organization. 1. The Life of Walt Disney. 2. Disney After Walt -- Pt. II. The Disney Theme Parks. 3. Background to the Disney Theme Parks. 4. A Family Pilgrimage. 5. Control and Predictability. 6. Back to the Future: Representations of Past and Future. 7. Consuming the Corporation. 8. Intimating Postmodernity and the Problem of Reality. 9. The Business of Fantasy.
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| Abstract
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Disney and his Worlds is a thorough overview of what is by now quite a large literature on the Disney organization, in particular the theme parks and their significance for contemporary culture. The author looks at Walt Disney's life and how his biography has been constructed; the Walt Disney Company in the years after his death; and the writings of various commentators on the Disney theme parks. He raises important issues about the parks: whether they are harbingers of postmodernism; the significance of consumption at the parks; the nature of the parks as tourism; and the representation of past and future. The discussion of theme parks is central but links with the presentation of Walt Disney's biography and his organization by showing how central economic and business considerations have been in their development, and how the significance of these considerations is typically marginalized in order to place an emphasis on fantasy and magic. In the process, the book questions the assumption that the parks are sites of postmodern sensibility.
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Disney, Walt,1901-1966.
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Disney, Walt,(1901-1966)-- Biographies.
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Walt Disney Company-- History.
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Amusement parks-- United States-- Sociological aspects.
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Theme parks.
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Leisure Activities.
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Tourism.
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Amusement parks-- Sociological aspects.
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Loisirs-- Sociologie.
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Parcs d'attractions-- Sociologie-- États-Unis.
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Walt Disney Company-- Histoire.
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Pretparken.
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Walt Disney Company.
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Disneyland (Calif.)
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Walt Disney Company, History.
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Walt Disney World (Fla.)
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California, Disneyland.
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Disneyland (Calif.)
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Florida, Walt Disney World.
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United States.
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Walt Disney World (Fla.)
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| Dewey Classification
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791/.06/873
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| LC Classification
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GV1853.3.C22D572 1995
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| NLM classification
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71.59bcl
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76.69bcl
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