Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disneys Edutainment Films - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786459573 ISBN 13: 9780786459575

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2011

Synopsis

Throughout its long and colorful history, Walt Disney Studios has produced scores of films designed to educate moviegoers as well as entertain them. These productions range from the True-Life Adventures nature documentaries and such depictions of cutting-edge technology as Man in Space and Our Friend the Atom, to wartime propaganda shorts (Education for Death), public-health films (VD Attack Plan) and coverage of exotic cultures (The Ama Girls, Blue Men of Morocco). Even Disney's dramatic recreations of historical events (Ten Who Dared, Invincible) have had their share of educational value. Each of the essays in this volume focuses on a different type of Disney "edutainment" film. Together they provide the first comprehensive look at Walt Disney's ongoing mission to inform and enlighten his worldwide audience.

About this title

About the Author

A. Bowdoin Van Riper is an historian specializing in depictions of science and technology in popular culture. He is the reference librarian at the Martha's Vineyard Museum, and is the author or editor of a wide range of volumes, ranging from science to science fiction to horror.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786459573
• ISBN 13: 9780786459575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Van Riper A. Bowdoin