Longing for a past that never was
Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg wrote an academic analysis about Disneyland titled “It’s a Small World” several decades ago, before Disneyland became the multibillion dollar company it is now. Today, their analysis is still on target. The authors’ reflections on their own experience visiting Disneyland (as a couple) in the nineties illustrate a sense of “infinite nostalgia” that today’s visitors might also experience. In Disneyland, they write insofar as the visitor suspends adult disbelief, the world is her or his oyster . . . A deep nostalgia […]
Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: childhood, children, Disneyland, Pauline Hunt, Ronald Frankenberg
