Description
Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. It’s a pedestrian’s world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented in a consistent architectural, decorative, horticultural, musical, even olfactory tone, with rides, shows, r
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Stalking Woozles -- Culture and Context -- America and Consumption -- Distory: Disney History at the Magic Kingdom -- More Distory: Mostly EPCOT Center -- Go East, Young Mouse -- Let’s Make a Deal -- Marketing the Magic Mall -- The Price Is Right: Main Street USA and Hollywood Boulevard -- The Grounds: Spatial Infrastructure -- Utopia and Urban Planning -- Kungaloosh! The Theme Park World -- Cinema, Music, Fantasy -- Fantasyland and the Disney-MGM Studios -- Consumption and Culture Theory -- Nature’s “Gifts”: Land, Garden, Sea -- Tomorrow and the Future -- ComputiCore: Computers, Parades, Lunch -- Conclusion: Theses on Disney
