Designing Disney's Theme Parks
The Architecture of Reassurance
From the day it opened in July 1955, in an event given live TV coverage, Disneyland has been a key symbol of contemporary American culture. It has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, a harbinger of shopping-mall culture, a symbol of American hegemony in entertainment, the epitome of fantasy, simulation, pastiche, and the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. Yet for all the power of Disneyland as metaphor, almost no one has discussed the making of this unique place, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France. Written to accompany an exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance is the first book to look beyond the multiple myths of Disneyland.
Published Date
February 15, 1998
Format
Hardcover
Author
Karal Ann Marling
Publisher
Flammarion
ISBN
2-080736399
ISBN-13
978-2080136398
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
234
Country
United States
Language
English
Dimension
10.4 x 11.38 x 1.01 Inches
Weight
3.48 lbs
Condition
New
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