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    by Tom Robson ...
    Tom Robson began to write creatively in his forties after he moved to Nova Scotia. Originally, his work was either with or for his elementary school students, or purely for the satisfaction that results from creating. Though his students were primarily the target audience for much of his fiction, poetry and plays, he also compiled reminiscences of his ancestry, his early life in England and, later ... Read more

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  • Performance and the Disney Theme Park Experience

    The Tourist as Actor, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Jennifer A. Kokai, Tom Robson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Most scholars and critics deny agency to the tourist in their engagement with the Disney theme park experience. The vast body of research and journalism on the Disney “Imagineers”—the designers and storytellers who construct the park experience—leads to the misconception that these exceptional artists puppeteer every aspect of the guest’s experience. This anthology, now in its second edition, re ... Read more

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  • Disney Parks and the Construction of American Identity

    Tourism, Performance, Anxiety

    Series series Studies in Disney and Culture
    Writing in a time of heightened political anxiety–and when accusations of nationalism, authoritarianism, and proto-fascism have increasingly divided Americans into factions– the authors use their influential performance studies-based 'tourist as actor' framework to unpack the ways that Disney parks and their guests co-create performance of implicit Americanness in the 21st century. This book ... Read more

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  • Performance and the Disney Theme Park Experience

    The Tourist as Actor

    Edited by Jennifer A. Kokai, Tom Robson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book addresses Disney parks using performance theory. Few to no scholars have done this to date—an enormous oversight given the Disney parks’ similarities to immersive theatre, interpolation of guests, and dramaturgical construction of attractions. Most scholars and critics deny agency to the tourist in their engagement with the Disney theme park experience. The vast body of research and ... Read more

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  • Working in the Wings

    New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor

    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth, brings attention to what goes on behind the scenes, challenging, and revising our understanding of work, theatre, and history.Essays consider a range of historic moments and geographic locations—from African ... Read more

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  • Disney Culture

    by John Wills ...
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    Over the past century, Disney has grown from a small American animation studio into a multipronged global media giant. Today, the company’s annual revenue exceeds the GDP of over 100 countries, and its portfolio has grown to include Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ABC, and ESPN. With a company so diversified, is it still possible to identify a coherent Disney vision or message?Disney Culture proposes ... Read more

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    Dramaturgy, in its many forms, is a fundamental and indispensable element of contemporary theatre. In its earliest definition, the word itself means a comprehensive theory of "play making." Although it initially grew out of theatre, contemporary dramaturgy has made enormous advances in recent years, and it now permeates all kinds of narrative forms and structures: from opera to performance art; ... Read more

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