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The Disneyization of society / Alan Bryman

Bryman, Alan [Verfasser]

London [u.a.] : SAGE, 2004

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 199 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and indexes

1-4129-3151-7 ; 978-1-4129-3151-9 ; 978-0-7619-6764-4 ; 0-7619-6764-8 ; 978-0-7619-6765-1 ; 0-7619-6765-6 ; 978-1-4462-2012-2 ; 1-4462-2012-5 ; 0-7619-6764-8

Arguing that the contemporary world is increasingly converging towards the characteristics of the Disney theme parks, i.e. social environments that are driven by combinations of forms of consumption, this text demonstrates the importance of control and surveillance in consumer culture.