The Mouse and the Myth : Sacred Art and Secular Ritual of Disneyland.
The rituals that bond humanity create our most transcendent and meaningful experiences, especially the sacred rituals of play. Although we may fail to recognize rites of play, they are always present in culture, providing a kind of psychological release for child and adult participants. Disneyland i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
John Libbey Publishing,
2017.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Mouse and The Myth; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Tell Us a Myth, Wendy-Lady!; Introduction; Why Disney Studies? Why not?; A Land of Golden Dreams?; Nostalgia and Transcendence at Disneyland; Chapter 2 The Pilgrimage to Psyche-Land; In the Beginning ... ; How Did We Get Here?; A Campbellian Hermeneutic of Disneyland; The Soul's Hidden Mickey; Lost Parents? Children Inquire Within; The Animated Shaman; Welcome to Pixie Hollow; A Fairyland Filled With Dreams; A Pilgrimage to Heart; Chapter 3 The Evolution of Disney's Temple to Entertainment.
- California's Animated Axis MundiA Thrilling Ride on the Top of the World; Mythic Timelessness at Disneyland; Animating Disney's Temple to Entertainment; The Imitation of Life; Revealing the Animated Stage; The Illusion of Life; Animating the Backlot; The Living Room's Lens on Life; Television Builds the Park; Disneyland as Ultimate in Transformative Narcisissm; Chapter 4 Disneyland as the Work of Worship; Archetypal Liturgy; Touch a Turnstile, Touch a Relic; With a Smile and a Song; The Animatronic Priesthood; Across the Small World and the Bayou; The Spoken Recitation.
- Collecting the Sacred SouvenirSelfies, Snapshots, and Icons of Light; Holy Fluffiness; Mickey's Animal Totems; The Princess Bloc and The Wicked Cackle; Donning the Vestments; Tradable Icons; Identification Through Ears; Digesting Mickey; The Disney Attraction as Feast; Sitting There With a Churro in Your Hand; Chapter 5 Spectacular Spectacle; The Crafted Communitas of Disneyland; And Now, Disneyland is Proud to Present a New Kind of Spectacle; Parades; Exclamation Point / Disney's Point: Fantasmic!; On with the Show: World of Color; Chapter 6 Renewing the Magic; Re-animating Tradition.
- The 10th Anniversary SpecialDancing with Heresy in Fantasyland; Mickey's 'Hood; When Tomorrowland Becomes Yesterdayland; The Disneyfication of the Golden State; Disney, You've Got a Friend in Pixar!; A Whole New (La La) Land: Renewing Walt's Los Angeles; Disneyland in the Digital Age; Epilogue To the Diamond Celebration and Beyond: Disneyland at 60; Shining, Shimmering Merchandise; Blasts from the Past, Into the Future; Renewing Opulence; A Long Time Ago in A Disneyland Far Far Away; Bibliography; Index.