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coppenh23's review against another edition
4.0
A marxist take on cultural imperialism in Latin America. This was a useful text for my MA thesis in discussing the effect that globalism had on comic strips in Latin America. Though it has been a while since I have read it, Reviewing it brought me back to my time in graduate school
denriquez's review against another edition
3.0
Este es uno de esos libros que nos hace cuestionar cuáles son aquellas cosas que de cierta forma rigen nuestro comportamiento sin que nos demos cuenta.
Por cierto, este libro es más disfrutable si se tienen conocimientos básicos de las revistas de Disney y filosofía.
Por cierto, este libro es más disfrutable si se tienen conocimientos básicos de las revistas de Disney y filosofía.
lucy_bellknight's review
5.0
an utterly amazing in-depth study on the impact of imperialism hiding behind popular culture in IR.
I am so excited to sit down and annotate my own copy.
(note to self: this book is banned in some countries, don’t travel with it just in case)
I am so excited to sit down and annotate my own copy.
(note to self: this book is banned in some countries, don’t travel with it just in case)
bradblaz's review against another edition
5.0
very accessibly written and easy to find online! highly recommend it. explains various kinds heady anti-imperialist ideological things in ways that are easy to understand and the tongue in cheek tone just makes this such a fun read. despite being written in the early 70s is so prescient with regards to modern disney/blockbuster films
dcommet's review against another edition
5.0
Essential reading, especially with Disney's continued stranglehold on popular culture and capital
tombomp's review against another edition
4.0
interesting book. definitely one of my favourite works off cultural studies I 've seen. written in an anti imperialist context it looks at how Disney comics uphold bourgeois ideas about where wealth comes from, for example,that support capitalist ideas in children. notably,Disney's treatment of indigenous populations is shown to be horrifying and completely support white saviour myths and romantic ideas of colonialism. also talked about is how Disney restricts childhood imagination to consumption and money,and the peculiar lack of women and mothers. it sometimes overeggs it a bit and could have done with more detail about the comic form particularly but it's definitely a fascinating work of cultural analysis that may not be essential or completely empirical but is a truly revolutionary look at media that's useful for anyone trying to make sense of media themselves
stateofchassis's review against another edition
4.0
Though I disagree with some of their interpretations of the comics, I think some could be read as satire, overall this is a well structured and interesting Marxist critique of the imperialist strains in Disney comics.