The Empire’s Old Clothes is as lively and relevant today as it was when it first came out. People like myself who have read it previously will re-read it with pleasure, use it in their work and courses, and re-sing its praises.”—Douglas Kellner, author of Guys and Guns Amok

In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as the Donald Duck comics, the Babar children’s books, and Reader’s Digest magazine. The Empire’s Old Clothes was widely praised when it was first published in 1983. This edition, including a new preface by the author, makes a contemporary classic newly available.
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A new edition of Ariel Dorfmans powerful cultural critique of popular works such as the Donald Duck comics, the Babar childrens books, and Readers Digest magazine.
Preface to the New Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xxi 1. Childhood as Underdevelopment 1 2. Of Elephants and Ducks 12 3. The Lone Ranger's Last Ride 58 4. The Infantilization of the Adult Reader 117 5. The Innocents March into History . . . and Overthrow a Government 154 6. Conclusion 173 Notes 185 Acknowledgments 197 Index 199
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A classic text that challenges the ideologies behind much popular media, especially media aimed at children, which the Press will be putting back into print with a new preface.

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ISBN
9780822346593
Publisert
2010-01-05
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Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
426 gr
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Ariel Dorfman holds the Walter Hines Page Research Chair of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University. A world-renowned author, he has written numerous works of fiction, plays, poems, and essays in both Spanish and English, including Death and the Maiden, as well as the acclaimed memoir Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey, and (with Armand Mattelart) How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic.