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Author Griffin, Sean, author.

Title Tinker Belles and evil queens : the Walt Disney Company from the inside out / Sean Griffin.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2000]
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  384.8 GRIFFIN    In Processing
Description xxiii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
Contents I. With Walt -- Mickey's monastery: sexuality and the "Disney mystique" -- "Mickey Mouse - always gay!": reading Disney queerly during Walt's reign -- II. Since Walt -- Finding a place in the kingdom: homosexuality at Disney during the Eisner era -- "Part of your world": reading Disney queerly in the Eisner era -- "You've never had a friend like me": target marketing Disney to a gay community.
Summary The Walt Disney company is the brand name of conservative American family values, but also has a long and complex history with the gay and lesbian community. This text examines that relationship from the 1930s up to the 1990s.
Note The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. TXA
Subject Walt Disney Company -- History.
Homosexuality and motion pictures.
Gay culture.
Walt Disney Company (OCoLC)fst00622498
Gay culture (OCoLC)fst01201219
Homosexuality and motion pictures (OCoLC)fst00959820
Walt Disney Company Burbank, Calif. (DE-588)2096846-2
Homosexualität (DE-588)4025798-8
Walt Disney Company.
Genre/Form History (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0814731228 (acid-free paper)
9780814731222 (acid-free paper)
0814731236 (pbk.)
9780814731239 (pbk.)
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