http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/06/13/book-review-buy-buy-baby-by-susan-gregory-thomas/ Thoughts on the Journey Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/06/13/book-review-buy-buy-baby-by-susan-gregory-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-36515 jason Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:18:22 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/06/13/book-review-buy-buy-baby-by-susan-gregory-thomas/#comment-36515 book pretty much agree with what i been saying for a while book pretty much agree with what i been saying for a while

]]> http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/06/13/book-review-buy-buy-baby-by-susan-gregory-thomas/comment-page-1/#comment-36510 kathleen Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:18:49 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/06/13/book-review-buy-buy-baby-by-susan-gregory-thomas/#comment-36510 Shades of Ariel Dorfman, I'm shocked that people haven't figured this out and need to be told. Returning to Dorfman, he wrote the definitive work on this topic years ago in his book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Donald-Duck-Imperialist/dp/0884770230/" rel="nofollow">How to Read Donald Duck</a> which was followed up with a sequel called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Empires-Old-Clothes-Ranger-Innocent/dp/0140256377/" rel="nofollow">The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds</a>. The latter title explores Disney heavily particularly in the context of imported media (Dorfman is Chilean). I haven't read the former (Donald Duck) but it's my understanding The Empire's Old Clothes is the more comprehensive title. His argument is that the dangers of commercialization of childhood is far more insidious than even this obviousness. Rather, it's a matter of inappropriate values being transmitted abroad within cultures and societies; arguably a form of hegemony. Shades of Ariel Dorfman, I’m shocked that people haven’t figured this out and need to be told. Returning to Dorfman, he wrote the definitive work on this topic years ago in his book called How to Read Donald Duck which was followed up with a sequel called The Empire’s Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds. The latter title explores Disney heavily particularly in the context of imported media (Dorfman is Chilean). I haven’t read the former (Donald Duck) but it’s my understanding The Empire’s Old Clothes is the more comprehensive title. His argument is that the dangers of commercialization of childhood is far more insidious than even this obviousness. Rather, it’s a matter of inappropriate values being transmitted abroad within cultures and societies; arguably a form of hegemony.

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