The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of LifeUniversity of Missouri Press, 2001 - 526 pages The Magic Kingdom sheds new light on the cultural icon of "Uncle Walt." Watts digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and providing fresh insight into his peculiar psyche-his genuine folksiness and warmth, his domineering treatment of colleagues and friends, his deepest prejudices and passions. Full of colorful sketches of daily life at the Disney Studio and tales about the creation of Disneyland and Disney World, The Magic Kingdom offers a definitive view of one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century. |
Contents
Disney and the Rural Romance | xxi |
Man Disney and Mickey Mouse | 20 |
Entertainer as Success Icon | 38 |
The Disney Golden Age | 57 |
Disney and the Depression Sentimental Populism | 59 |
Disney and the Depression Populist Parables | 79 |
The Entertainer as Artist Sentimental Modernism | 97 |
Of Mice and Men Art Critics and Animators | 116 |
The Search for Direction | 259 |
Disney and the American Century | 277 |
Cold War Fantasies | 279 |
Disney Notional Security | 299 |
Disney Domestic Security | 319 |
Citizen Disney | 342 |
Disney and the Culture Industry | 357 |
the Happiest Place on Earth | 379 |
Disney and American Culture | 139 |
The Fantasy Factory | 160 |
Engineering of Enchantment | 179 |
Trouble in Fantasyland | 197 |
Animation and Its Discontents | 199 |
Disney and the Good War | 224 |
Disneys Descent | 239 |
Pax Disneyana | 400 |
Its a World After All | 421 |
Epilogue | 442 |
Notes | 451 |
Bibliographic Essay | 505 |
Index | 509 |
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