false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172119065m/140969.jpg 140969 1 <div>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, <i>Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance</i> is the first book to look beyond the multiple myths of Disneyland.<br><br>Uniting a roster of authors chosen from wide-ranging disciplines, this study is the first to examine the influence of Disneyland on both our built environment and our architectural imagination. Tracing the relationship of the Disney parks to their historical forbears, it charts Disneyland's evolution from one man's personal dream to a multinational enterprise, a process in which the Disney "magic" has moved ever closer to the real world. Editor Karal Ann Marling, Professor of Art History and American Studies at the University of Minnesota, draws upon her pioneering work in the Disney archives to reconstruct and analyze the intentions and strategies behind the parks. She is joined by Marty Sklar, Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, historian Neil Harris, art historian Erika Doss, geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, critic Greil Marcus, and architect Frank Gehry to provide a unique perspective on one of the great post-war American icons.<br></div> 135870 15 2 1998 Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance total:24|5:11|4:8|3:4|2:1| 24 101 40 4 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 14:12:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:14:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 22 13:29:28 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:29:28 -0800 2008
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