{"product_id":"disney-parks-and-the-construction-of-american-identity-tourism-performance-anxiety-hardcover","title":"Disney Parks and the Construction of American Identity: Tourism, Performance, Anxiety - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer A. Kokai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Robson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting 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 argues that the roles that guests choose to perform-- accepting, declining, negotiating, or overwriting scripts offered to them by the Disney theme park experience-- ultimately reveals much about the nature of the contemporary United States. Focusing primarily on Walt Disney World in Florida, and using case studies on music, geography and ecology, sports, families, and politics, these chapters illuminate the always complicated and often contradictory presentations and performances of America within Disney parks in the deeply contested twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer A. Kokai\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the School of Theatre and Dance and the Endowed Chair of the Holloway and the Brit at the University of South Florida. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Robson\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant teaching professor in Purdue University's Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48676150706425,"sku":"9781666932393","price":194.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/e7sblhWg8j9781666932393.webp?v=1784309490","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/disney-parks-and-the-construction-of-american-identity-tourism-performance-anxiety-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}