The International Journal of Disney Studies
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed journal drawing from a variety of academic and industrial methods to examine the Walt Disney Company (not affiliated with the Disney company).
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ANNOUNCING: Our first themed issue! For Disney, mothers can be both good and evil, evincing deeper cultural undercurrents of their respective moments. The deadline for completed drafts is May 1st, and our guest editors are happy to discuss fresh ideas and approaches. Info here: tinyurl.com/2s38bn8y
Continuing our readings of the second issue, Xiyuan Tan offers us "Caricature and 'Funny Faces' in the Young Heroines of Turning Red." Considering the role of gender and animation studies, Tan considers how the film challenges the expectations of how emotion is portrayed, arguing that...
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Continuing our readings of the second issue, Xiyuan Tan offers us "Caricature and 'Funny Faces' in the Young Heroines of Turning Red." Considering the role of gender and animation studies, Tan considers how the film challenges the expectations of how emotion is portrayed, arguing that...
ANNOUNCING: Our first themed issue! For Disney, mothers can be both good and evil, evincing deeper cultural undercurrents of their respective moments. The deadline for completed drafts is May 1st, and our guest editors are happy to discuss fresh ideas and approaches. Info here: tinyurl.com/2s38bn8y
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January 11, 2026 at 1:30 AM
ANNOUNCING: Our first themed issue! For Disney, mothers can be both good and evil, evincing deeper cultural undercurrents of their respective moments. The deadline for completed drafts is May 1st, and our guest editors are happy to discuss fresh ideas and approaches. Info here: tinyurl.com/2s38bn8y
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Call for Papers: IJDS is accepting submissions for an upcoming special issue, "Mothers of the Magical Kingdom: Disney and Maternal Figures." We encourage critical engagement with how Disney mediates maternal power, agency, vulnerability, and identity. Full CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/1SScR...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Call for Papers: IJDS is accepting submissions for an upcoming special issue, "Mothers of the Magical Kingdom: Disney and Maternal Figures." We encourage critical engagement with how Disney mediates maternal power, agency, vulnerability, and identity. Full CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/1SScR...
Our third article of Issue Two is Sophia Saite's "Transcultural Hybridaptation and Queerness in Power Rangers RPM" (thanks to the University of Tasmania for making this article open access; you can read it here, even if you are not yet a subscriber: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour....
Transcultural hybridaptation and queerness in Power Rangers RPM | Intellect
This article explores the Power Rangers franchise, focusing on its unique production method of hybridaptation, which involves combining pre-existing footage with newly filmed scenes. The article argue...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Our third article of Issue Two is Sophia Saite's "Transcultural Hybridaptation and Queerness in Power Rangers RPM" (thanks to the University of Tasmania for making this article open access; you can read it here, even if you are not yet a subscriber: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour....
Wishing all our editors, authors, and especially readers all the best for this holiday season. More to come soon!
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December 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Wishing all our editors, authors, and especially readers all the best for this holiday season. More to come soon!
Our second article is Ethan Salerno Nogueira's "Identity, intertextuality and Italianicity: The Edutainment of Disney-Pixar’s Luca (2021)." This article considers Luca for its portrayal of Italian culture, particularly outside the main tourist centers of the country, finding...
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our second article is Ethan Salerno Nogueira's "Identity, intertextuality and Italianicity: The Edutainment of Disney-Pixar’s Luca (2021)." This article considers Luca for its portrayal of Italian culture, particularly outside the main tourist centers of the country, finding...
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We just had an editorial board meeting this morning, and there are fantastic things on horizons for the premiere journal of Disney Studies ❤️
We just had an editorial board meeting this morning, and there are fantastic things on horizons for the premiere journal of Disney Studies ❤️
After a few months away on family business, we have been pulled back in. We've got some catching up to do, so watch this space for new announcements, and pardon our dust as we talk our current issue, preview the upcoming works, and unveil some grand new approaches to Disney Studies!
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December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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We just had an editorial board meeting this morning, and there are fantastic things on horizons for the premiere journal of Disney Studies ❤️
We just had an editorial board meeting this morning, and there are fantastic things on horizons for the premiere journal of Disney Studies ❤️
First in the order: David Allen and Agata Handley's "Experiencing ‘Asia’: ‘Disenchanted enchantment’ in Disney’s ‘Animal Kingdom’." The authors recontextualize the hyperreality of the Disney Parks in a more constructive fashion, reframing the audience agency within the larger conversation.
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
First in the order: David Allen and Agata Handley's "Experiencing ‘Asia’: ‘Disenchanted enchantment’ in Disney’s ‘Animal Kingdom’." The authors recontextualize the hyperreality of the Disney Parks in a more constructive fashion, reframing the audience agency within the larger conversation.
After a few months away on family business, we have been pulled back in. We've got some catching up to do, so watch this space for new announcements, and pardon our dust as we talk our current issue, preview the upcoming works, and unveil some grand new approaches to Disney Studies!
a black and white cartoon of mickey mouse riding a crane on a metal beam .
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December 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
After a few months away on family business, we have been pulled back in. We've got some catching up to do, so watch this space for new announcements, and pardon our dust as we talk our current issue, preview the upcoming works, and unveil some grand new approaches to Disney Studies!
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Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached:
www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...
Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached:
www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...
Disney: A Companion, edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon
The editors invite abstracts for a forthcoming edited volume entitled Disney: A Companion, which will offer a comprehensive critical exploration of The Walt Disney Company's cultural, historical, ...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Aca-Disney-Colleagues
Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached:
www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...
Hugely exciting news of a CFP for a Disney Companion put together by the terrific Prof. Lorna Farnell and myself. So if you are fascinated/horrified by all things Disney see attached:
www.academia.edu/143102016/Di...
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A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...
There is a book cover and an official title for the #Newsies book, and I am so incredibly delighted!!! ❤️ Preorder links should be available very soon, and I will share those as soon as I can.
June 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...
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@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social , preorders are here! 😊
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social , preorders are here! 😊
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There is a book cover and an official title for the #Newsies book, and I am so incredibly delighted!!! ❤️ Preorder links should be available very soon, and I will share those as soon as I can.
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There is a book cover and an official title for the #Newsies book, and I am so incredibly delighted!!! ❤️ Preorder links should be available very soon, and I will share those as soon as I can.
A new park...in Abu Dhabi!?: www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/t....
It really adds a layer to all those jokes where Garfield sends Nermal to Abu Dhabi, but perhaps you disagree.
If so, consider penning a commentary for us! Roughly 3000 words on the why and what of the new park might be just what we need.
It really adds a layer to all those jokes where Garfield sends Nermal to Abu Dhabi, but perhaps you disagree.
If so, consider penning a commentary for us! Roughly 3000 words on the why and what of the new park might be just what we need.
Disney announces a new theme park in Abu Dhabi, its first new resort in a generation | CNN
Los Angeles, CA – For the first time in 15 years, the Walt Disney Company has announced the development of a new theme park - a resort destination in Abu Dhabi that marks the company’s entry into the ...
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May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A new park...in Abu Dhabi!?: www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/t....
It really adds a layer to all those jokes where Garfield sends Nermal to Abu Dhabi, but perhaps you disagree.
If so, consider penning a commentary for us! Roughly 3000 words on the why and what of the new park might be just what we need.
It really adds a layer to all those jokes where Garfield sends Nermal to Abu Dhabi, but perhaps you disagree.
If so, consider penning a commentary for us! Roughly 3000 words on the why and what of the new park might be just what we need.
Assistant Editor Goofy was unfortunately unable to attend, having become entangled in our AV cables and falling down a stairwell, but we will ensure that a recording is made available for him (and for you) in the coming weeks.
Disney Studies V is kicking off our day two with the launch of the International Journal of Disney Studies - @ijdisneystudies.bsky.social! Join beloved editor @drbecca.bsky.social for a rollicking discussion of how the journal works, what goes into an issue, and how to submit! #PCA2025
April 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Assistant Editor Goofy was unfortunately unable to attend, having become entangled in our AV cables and falling down a stairwell, but we will ensure that a recording is made available for him (and for you) in the coming weeks.
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I'll post this a few times throughout, but if you're at PCA in New Orleans, study Disney, and would be interested in contributing video-based work to the @ijdisneystudies.bsky.social, holler at me. Send me a DM or say hi in-person.
You don't even need an idea! Just a desire to make something.
You don't even need an idea! Just a desire to make something.
April 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'll post this a few times throughout, but if you're at PCA in New Orleans, study Disney, and would be interested in contributing video-based work to the @ijdisneystudies.bsky.social, holler at me. Send me a DM or say hi in-person.
You don't even need an idea! Just a desire to make something.
You don't even need an idea! Just a desire to make something.
INTRODUCING...our new editors - officially!
As you know, we conducted an intensive search to rebuild our editorial leadership after Assistant Editor Goofy hilariously/tragically caught Galloping Hiccuppox, which is exactly as silly and horrible as it sounds. So let's introduce our NEW FRIENDS!
As you know, we conducted an intensive search to rebuild our editorial leadership after Assistant Editor Goofy hilariously/tragically caught Galloping Hiccuppox, which is exactly as silly and horrible as it sounds. So let's introduce our NEW FRIENDS!
March 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
INTRODUCING...our new editors - officially!
As you know, we conducted an intensive search to rebuild our editorial leadership after Assistant Editor Goofy hilariously/tragically caught Galloping Hiccuppox, which is exactly as silly and horrible as it sounds. So let's introduce our NEW FRIENDS!
As you know, we conducted an intensive search to rebuild our editorial leadership after Assistant Editor Goofy hilariously/tragically caught Galloping Hiccuppox, which is exactly as silly and horrible as it sounds. So let's introduce our NEW FRIENDS!
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A thread on Disneyland refurbishment and construction signs—specifically those including Mickey (Walt's ambassador). Inspired by digitizing this ca. 1985 Swiss Family Treehouse sign for @joeguajardo.bsky.social, compared with a Tarzan's Treehouse sign from 9/8/2021.
March 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A thread on Disneyland refurbishment and construction signs—specifically those including Mickey (Walt's ambassador). Inspired by digitizing this ca. 1985 Swiss Family Treehouse sign for @joeguajardo.bsky.social, compared with a Tarzan's Treehouse sign from 9/8/2021.
Part XI: And just when you thought we were done, here's Marissa Lammon tagging in with a steel chair! Take a seat and read "Riley And Representation: Challenging Assumptions of Generalizability in The Inside Out Franchise"...
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December 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Part XI: And just when you thought we were done, here's Marissa Lammon tagging in with a steel chair! Take a seat and read "Riley And Representation: Challenging Assumptions of Generalizability in The Inside Out Franchise"...
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Part X: well, that's all there is for the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Disney Studies - nothing else to talk about...wait, what's that? It's Hannah Helm's music! We have COMMENTARIES...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Part X: well, that's all there is for the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Disney Studies - nothing else to talk about...wait, what's that? It's Hannah Helm's music! We have COMMENTARIES...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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Great review of @petecant.bsky.social’s book STAGING A COMEBACK. Buy it, read it, cite it (and request that your university/local library buy it).
...Matthew Elfenbein explores Pete Kunze's "Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance" (www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-co...), "a brilliant book with insightful information that will benefit scholarly and public discourse."
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Staging a Comeback - Rutgers University Press
In the early 1980s, Walt Disney Productions was struggling, largely bolstered by the success of its theme parks. Within fifteen years, however, it had become...
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December 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Great review of @petecant.bsky.social’s book STAGING A COMEBACK. Buy it, read it, cite it (and request that your university/local library buy it).
Part IX: book reviews! In the first, Laura O'Flanagan reviews Eve Benhamou's "Contemporary Disney Animation Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contemp...) "an excellent book which should interest scholars of film and media history".
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Contemporary Disney Animation
Contemporary Disney Animation
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December 18, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Part IX: book reviews! In the first, Laura O'Flanagan reviews Eve Benhamou's "Contemporary Disney Animation Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contemp...) "an excellent book which should interest scholars of film and media history".
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Part VII: Anita Jandaly and Sandra Chang-Kredl's "‘To Infinity and Beyond’? A Textual Analysis of The Representation of Friendship Between Buzz And Woody In Disney–Pixar’s Toy Story Films" asks the little questions: how does a friendship between two...
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December 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Part VII: Anita Jandaly and Sandra Chang-Kredl's "‘To Infinity and Beyond’? A Textual Analysis of The Representation of Friendship Between Buzz And Woody In Disney–Pixar’s Toy Story Films" asks the little questions: how does a friendship between two...
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Part VI: Susan E. Swanberg takes us for ride with "Revisiting Disney’s The Living Desert: A Documentary or A Wildlife Fable Filmed in A Mythical Desert?" considering one of the perennial questions of documentary film and of Disney writ large...
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December 15, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Part VI: Susan E. Swanberg takes us for ride with "Revisiting Disney’s The Living Desert: A Documentary or A Wildlife Fable Filmed in A Mythical Desert?" considering one of the perennial questions of documentary film and of Disney writ large...
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Part V: Evan Nooe charts the development of Disney Springs with "Making History at Disney Springs: Florida’s Past as Themed Tourism," examining the ways in which it incorporated different architectural styles from...
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December 14, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Part V: Evan Nooe charts the development of Disney Springs with "Making History at Disney Springs: Florida’s Past as Themed Tourism," examining the ways in which it incorporated different architectural styles from...
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