Week Six /  February 13:

 

"How to Read Donald Duck" and the Disney Industry

 

Readings:

• Dorfman and Mattelart. 1971. “Introduction: Instructions on How to Become a General in the Disneyland Club.” In Media and Cultural Studies, pp. 110-114.

• Barthes, Roland. 1983. “Operation Margarine and Myth Today.” In Media and Cultural Studies, pp. 95-100.

 

Screening: Mickey Mouse Monopoly:  Disney, Childhood and Corporate Power,

                dir. Miguel Picker, (2001) USA, 52:00.