Priscilla Hobbs, Ph.D., researches primarily Disney and American studies, with special emphasis on Disneyland. She is the author of the book, Walt's Utopia: Disneyland and American Mythmaking, about Disneyland and the Cold War. She is currently an associate dean at Southern New Hampshire University.

'[The] idea that [Disney] should continually renew itself to be in dialogue with the vagaries and vicissitudes of contemporary society is a throughline in the chapters that comprise Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, edited by Priscilla Hobbs. The volume is a welcome addition to this corpus, as many of its essays feel specific to 2020s America, a period of enormous flux and introspection characterized by popular protests and the removal of outdated statues. The book will interest scholars in the humanities and social sciences and the general public. One of the virtues of Hobbs’ volume is its concentrated focus, as many of the chapters feel connected. [...] In sum, this book is a significant contribution to Disney studies in that its authors point to the dialogical relationship Disney has historically had with American and European society. Like the Disney Company itself, Disney studies is presented as in constant evolution.'

• IntroductionPart 1: Interpreting DisneyAbbreviating Mickey Mouse: The art of remediation in Disney cartoons‘You grow up to be a Duck fan in your mother’s womb': The bond between Finnish people and Donald DuckToad, Alice, and Peter: From England to Disneyland and back againEgalitarian or stereotypical?: Gender representation in Disney feature fairy tales of the twenty-first centuryFather still knows best: Exploring the construction of traditional masculinity as depicted in portrayals of fatherhood in Disney Princess moviesPoisoned apples: Womanhood in Disney’s Snow WhiteA rhetoric of classism and reading cultures in Disney’s Beauty and the BeastPart 2: Experiencing Disney‘Our cartoon city upon a hill’: Disneyland, Disney World, and American identityCan Small World ever be politically correct?Reading the Disney Princess attractions: Narrative adaptation, immersion, and control in the Magic Kingdom’s expanded fantasylandOnline brand communities: A case study of DisneyI’m Disney bound: Costuming as psycho-spiritual practiceA journey from girl to womanhood: The influence of Disney Princess fashion on the female gender

Priscilla Hobbs, Ph.D., researches primarily Disney and American studies, with special emphasis on Disneyland. She is the author of the book, Walt's Utopia: Disneyland and American Mythmaking, about Disneyland and the Cold War. She is currently an associate dean at Southern New Hampshire University.

'[The] idea that [Disney] should continually renew itself to be in dialogue with the vagaries and vicissitudes of contemporary society is a throughline in the chapters that comprise Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, edited by Priscilla Hobbs. The volume is a welcome addition to this corpus, as many of its essays feel specific to 2020s America, a period of enormous flux and introspection characterized by popular protests and the removal of outdated statues. The book will interest scholars in the humanities and social sciences and the general public. One of the virtues of Hobbs’ volume is its concentrated focus, as many of the chapters feel connected. [...] In sum, this book is a significant contribution to Disney studies in that its authors point to the dialogical relationship Disney has historically had with American and European society. Like the Disney Company itself, Disney studies is presented as in constant evolution.'

• IntroductionPart 1: Interpreting DisneyAbbreviating Mickey Mouse: The art of remediation in Disney cartoons‘You grow up to be a Duck fan in your mother’s womb': The bond between Finnish people and Donald DuckToad, Alice, and Peter: From England to Disneyland and back againEgalitarian or stereotypical?: Gender representation in Disney feature fairy tales of the twenty-first centuryFather still knows best: Exploring the construction of traditional masculinity as depicted in portrayals of fatherhood in Disney Princess moviesPoisoned apples: Womanhood in Disney’s Snow WhiteA rhetoric of classism and reading cultures in Disney’s Beauty and the BeastPart 2: Experiencing Disney‘Our cartoon city upon a hill’: Disneyland, Disney World, and American identityCan Small World ever be politically correct?Reading the Disney Princess attractions: Narrative adaptation, immersion, and control in the Magic Kingdom’s expanded fantasylandOnline brand communities: A case study of DisneyI’m Disney bound: Costuming as psycho-spiritual practiceA journey from girl to womanhood: The influence of Disney Princess fashion on the female gender

Priscilla Hobbs, Ph.D., researches primarily Disney and American studies, with special emphasis on Disneyland. She is the author of the book, Walt's Utopia: Disneyland and American Mythmaking, about Disneyland and the Cold War. She is currently an associate dean at Southern New Hampshire University.

'[The] idea that [Disney] should continually renew itself to be in dialogue with the vagaries and vicissitudes of contemporary society is a throughline in the chapters that comprise Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, edited by Priscilla Hobbs. The volume is a welcome addition to this corpus, as many of its essays feel specific to 2020s America, a period of enormous flux and introspection characterized by popular protests and the removal of outdated statues. The book will interest scholars in the humanities and social sciences and the general public. One of the virtues of Hobbs’ volume is its concentrated focus, as many of the chapters feel connected. [...] In sum, this book is a significant contribution to Disney studies in that its authors point to the dialogical relationship Disney has historically had with American and European society. Like the Disney Company itself, Disney studies is presented as in constant evolution.'

• IntroductionPart 1: Interpreting DisneyAbbreviating Mickey Mouse: The art of remediation in Disney cartoons‘You grow up to be a Duck fan in your mother’s womb': The bond between Finnish people and Donald DuckToad, Alice, and Peter: From England to Disneyland and back againEgalitarian or stereotypical?: Gender representation in Disney feature fairy tales of the twenty-first centuryFather still knows best: Exploring the construction of traditional masculinity as depicted in portrayals of fatherhood in Disney Princess moviesPoisoned apples: Womanhood in Disney’s Snow WhiteA rhetoric of classism and reading cultures in Disney’s Beauty and the BeastPart 2: Experiencing Disney‘Our cartoon city upon a hill’: Disneyland, Disney World, and American identityCan Small World ever be politically correct?Reading the Disney Princess attractions: Narrative adaptation, immersion, and control in the Magic Kingdom’s expanded fantasylandOnline brand communities: A case study of DisneyI’m Disney bound: Costuming as psycho-spiritual practiceA journey from girl to womanhood: The influence of Disney Princess fashion on the female gender