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by Stephen M. Fjellman. 492 pgs.

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Table of contents
Contents
List of Tables xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments xv
1 Stalking Woozles 1
Orwell and Huxley , 2
A World of Commodities , 7
Walt Disney World , 10
Disney World and Me , 16
About My Application , 17
2 Culture and Context 21
Culture , 25
Decontextualization , 30
3 America and Consumption 35
America Now , 36
Inventing the Consumer , 38
The Democratization of Consumption , 47
4 Distory: Disney History at the Magic Kingdom 59
Liberty Square , 64
Frontierland , 71
River Country and Fort Wilderness , 78
Carousel of Progress , 79
5 More Distory: Mostly EPCOT Center 85
Spaceship Earth , 87
World of Motion , 91
The Telos of U.S. Distory , 93
An American Journey , 96
The Generic American Adventure , 99
6 Go East, Young Mouse 109
The Mystery Industry , 111
Walt's Plan , 114
The Birth of Reedy Creek , 117
Early Plans , 122
And Orlando? 124
7 Let's Make a Deal 127
The First Years , 129
The Rest of the 1970s , 133
Disney's Effect on Orlando in the 1970s , 138
The Battle for Disney , 140
The Recovery , 144
Orlando: 1986-1990 , 146
8 Marketing the Magic Mall 151
Marketing the Parks , 159
Disney Merchandising , 161
9 The Price Is Right: Main Street USA and Hollywood Boulevard 169
Main Street USA , 169
Hollywood Boulevard , 176
The Mall Register , 178
10 The Grounds: Spatial Infrastructure 185
Transportation , 190
Waste Disposal , 193
The Energy Plant , 196
11 Utopia and Urban Planning 199
People-Moving: Layout, Lines, and Loading , 202
Lines , 205
EPCOT and Utopia , 213
Glitches , 218
12 Kungaloosh! The Theme Park World 221
Cultural Geography , 224
Adventureland , 224
Interlude One: The Polynesian Village Resort Hotel , 229
Interlude Two: Typhoon Lagoon , 230
Interlude Three: The Adventurers Club , 231
World Showcase , 231
So? 250
13 Cinema, Music, Fantasy 253
The Real and the Fake , 255
Animated Myth , 257
Voices , 265
Music , 266
14 Fantasyland and the Disney-MGM Studios 271
Fantasyland , 271
Mickey's Starland , 280
Journey into Imagination , 281
The Disney-MGM Studios , 283
Fantastic Hotels , 296
15 Consumption and Culture Theory 299
Creeping Surrealism and Simulacra , 299
Commodity Aesthetics , 302
Deflective Attention , 309
Culture Redux , 310
A Postmodernism of Reaction , 316
16 Nature's "Gifts": Land, Garden, Sea 319
Horizons , 322
The Land , 327
The Living Seas , 339
Disney's Gardens , 344
Discovery Island , 345
17 Tomorrow and the Future 349
Philosophy of Technology , 350
Tomorrowland , 354
Future World , 359
Glittering Gizmos , 373
18 ComputiCore: Computers, Parades, Lunch 375
CommuniCores , 376
Show Technology , 386
Food , 387
Food Service Technology and Employee Benefits , 390
19 Conclusion: Theses on Disney 393
Mickey, Meet Ludwig , 394
Notes 405
About the Book and Author 467
Index 469
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