Abstract
Though the Disney theme parks are a common subject of academic analysis, relatively little research has approached the parks from a literary perspective. In this paper, I apply a theory of children’s literature to the Disney parks. By tracing the similarities between the parks and children’s texts, including their use of a “double” level of address, their focus on oppositional binaries, and their deliberate elision of “adult” elements, I demonstrate how the parks legitimize themselves as both childlike and child-appropriate spaces.
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Karis, Michaela
(2018)
"Between the lines: children’s literature and the Disney theme parks,"
Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jteas/vol1/iss1/9
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