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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9780140256376
ISBN: 0140256377
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: July 01, 1996
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Personally, I think Dorfman to be above all a Marxist scholar of _American_ Mass Culture. His analysis of the Lone Ranger comic strips is a classic, above all for the link between superheroes and Welfare State reality. His analysis of Babar I find lacking somewhat in understanding of European realities (after all, to suppose that "savages" - elephants - can become civilized is, for a Frenchman of the 1930s, somewhat of a step foward)and therefore contrived. Meverthless, a must-read.
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When I read this three years ago in college, I found it at first interesting, and then maddening. Even more maddening was my experience on a trip, when I met someone spouting the ideas in this book. I read Babar as a child - and I am NOT a colonialist, or anything like. He says, however, that in reading such stories I was indoctrinated as a child. He villifies our childhood comic books, and blames them for the mistakes that people in our country have made as adults. This book is written for the ... Read More
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I read this book for a sociology class and it was interesting. The insights into children's stories are over the top at times, but overall it was an interesting book.
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