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A review by sookieskipper
How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic by Armand Mattelart, Ariel Dorfman, David Kunzle
4.0
Child fantasy, although created by adults, becomes the exclusive reserve of children.
There is another way of infantalizing others and exonerating one's own larcenous behavior. Imperialism likes to promote an image of itself as being the impartial judge of the interests of the people, and their liberating angel.
Since the child identifies with his counterpart in the magazine, he contributes to his own colonization. The rebellion of the little folk i the comics is sensed as a model for the child's ow real rebellion against injustice; but by rebelling in the name of adult values, the readers are in fact internalizing them.
The good foreigners, under their ethical cloak, win with the native's confidence, the right to decide the proper distribution of wealth in the land. the villains; course, vulgar, repulsive, out-and-out thieves, are there purely and simply to reveal the ducks as defenders of justice, law, and food for the hungry, and to serve as a whitewash for any further action.
Carl Barks, for what its worth, made an effort to steer readers to recognize the blatant problems in the stories with satire. However, it is difficult for a child to understand nuances of language and recognize satire. Disney may not be outright agents of American imperialism but their treatment or different culture is cringe worthy.
There is another way of infantalizing others and exonerating one's own larcenous behavior. Imperialism likes to promote an image of itself as being the impartial judge of the interests of the people, and their liberating angel.
Since the child identifies with his counterpart in the magazine, he contributes to his own colonization. The rebellion of the little folk i the comics is sensed as a model for the child's ow real rebellion against injustice; but by rebelling in the name of adult values, the readers are in fact internalizing them.
The good foreigners, under their ethical cloak, win with the native's confidence, the right to decide the proper distribution of wealth in the land. the villains; course, vulgar, repulsive, out-and-out thieves, are there purely and simply to reveal the ducks as defenders of justice, law, and food for the hungry, and to serve as a whitewash for any further action.
Carl Barks, for what its worth, made an effort to steer readers to recognize the blatant problems in the stories with satire. However, it is difficult for a child to understand nuances of language and recognize satire. Disney may not be outright agents of American imperialism but their treatment or different culture is cringe worthy.