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9782080136381

Designing Disney's Theme Parks

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  • ISBN13:

    9782080136381

  • ISBN10:

    2080136380

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Flammarion
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Summary

Disney theme parks have been seen as a harbinger of shopping-mall culture, a symbol of American hegemony in the entertainment industry and the epitome of everything fanciful or gaudy in our modern consumer-driven society. This fascinating volume traces the relationship of the Disney projects to their historical forebears -- the nineteenth-century expositions and World's Fairs -- and examines their development from Walt Disney's own personal dream into a multi-national enterprise. Authors from a wide range of disciplines -- including Karal Ann Marling, Greil Marcus, and Frank Gehry -- present balanced, in-depth accounts of Disney's strategies and of contemporary critical responses to the architecture of Disney parks from their inception in 1955 to today.

Drawing upon a wealth of material created by Walt Disney Incorporated's "Imagineering" department, Designing Disney's Theme Parks is the first book to examine the influence of Disneyland on both our built environment and our architectural imagination. This volume provides a unique perspective on one of the gre

Table of Contents

Foreword 9(4)
Nicholas Olsberg
The Artist as Imagineer
13(6)
Marty Sklar
Expository Expositions: Preparing for the Theme Parks
19(10)
Neil Harris
Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks
29(150)
Karal Ann Marling
Making Imagination Safe in the 1950s: Disneyland's Fantasy Art and Architecture
179(12)
Erika Doss
Disneyland: Its Place in World Culture
191(10)
Yi-Fu Tuan
Steven D. Hoelscher
Forty Years of Overstatement: Criticism and the Disney Theme Parks
201(8)
Greil Marcus
Interview with Frank Gehry by Karal Ann Marling and Phyllis Lambert
209(5)
Sources 214(5)
Chronology 219(4)
Andrew Landsbury
Photographs 223
Catherine Wagner

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