Elizabeth Blakey

Associate Professor, JournalismCalif. State Univ. Northridge

Los AngelesCaliforniaUnited States

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Postmodern Mediated Theme Parties

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Elizabeth Blakey Calif. State Univ. Northridge

June 12, 2015
Postmodern Mediated Theme Parties theme partiy summer entertainment postmodernity Mardi Gras Fourth of July Curator's Note I recently went to a Mardi Gras party, in May, even though not the right season. Plastic decorations on tables: green, purple a ...

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Re: Class Struggle at the Wonder Wharf: Bob's Burgers' Working Class World

Amusement Parks -- hyperreal or hyper clean?

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Elizabeth Blakey Calif. State Univ. Northridge

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 — 8:04 pm
Great post Charlotte. You raise an interesting question (among many questions) about the amusement park as a hyper-clean, idealized space-- versus a cheap/dirty/broken space. While the roadside stops on historical Route 66 were meant to entertain, after t ...
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Re: Robbins Barstow’s “Disneyland Dream” (1956), a time capsule of theme park visitor “play”

fandom and fortune

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Elizabeth Blakey Calif. State Univ. Northridge

Friday, June 12, 2015 — 3:58 pm
Thanks for this post! learned a lot. Interesting to hear the end of the narration about being so fortunate. Fandom and fortune are somehow intertwined. It is not just that we are fans of a cultural representation or become culturally competent about it, n ...
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Re: The Natives Are Restless in Disney’s Jungle Cruise

spectators are restless as well

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Elizabeth Blakey Calif. State Univ. Northridge

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 — 9:40 pm
Thanks for this post, Melanie. With the hackneyed jokes by the narrator and the stereotypical representations of the jungle, it seems the spectators are restless as well. The kids never yell or shout (nothing surprised or scared them). The grown-ups are t ...