{"product_id":"the-empires-old-clothes-what-the-lone-ranger-babar-and-other-innocent-heroes-do-to-our-minds-paperback","title":"The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Dorfman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as the Donald Duck comics, the Babar children's books, and \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. \u003ci\u003eThe Empire's Old Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e was widely praised when it was first published in 1983. This edition, including a new preface by the author, makes a contemporary classic newly available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Empire's Old Clothes\" is as lively and relevant today as it was when it first came out. People like myself who have read it previously will re-read it with pleasure, use it in their work and courses, and re-sing its praises.\"--Douglas Kellner, author of \"Guys and Guns Amok\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriel Dorfman holds the Walter Hines Page Research Chair of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University. A world-renowned author, he has written numerous works of fiction, plays, poems, and essays in both Spanish and English, including \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eHeading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, and (with Armand Mattelart) \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817120301344,"sku":"9780822346715","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/294136524f990d4f900cf4aec9be39f8.webp?v=1781096430","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-empires-old-clothes-what-the-lone-ranger-babar-and-other-innocent-heroes-do-to-our-minds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}