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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The International Journal of Disney Studies is looking for new co-editors! IJDS examines the Walt Disney Company, an international media conglomerate that impacts our global culture.
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To all who come to this happy journal: welcome!
This is the International Journal of Disney Studies - we are currently hard at work on our first issue (coming Spring 2025), looking for two paid editors (details here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...), and happy to engage with all things Disney!
This is the International Journal of Disney Studies - we are currently hard at work on our first issue (coming Spring 2025), looking for two paid editors (details here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...), and happy to engage with all things Disney!
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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...
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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a girl from inside out 2 brushes her blonde hair
Alt: Riley (from Inside Out 2) realizes that she suddenly has body odor, recoiling in shame.
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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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a cartoon character is wearing a blue hat and the name sir maximian goor is on the bottom left
Alt: Max Good puts a blue baseball cap backwards, followed by a pair of sweet shades, before pointing to his left in a cool pose.
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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".
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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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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buzz lightyear and woody from the movie toy story are standing next to each other
Alt: Buzz Lightyear and Woody from the movie toy story are give each other a sly, victorious wink
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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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New in Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies.
Gopalakrishnan, B., Borah, R., & Lakshmi M., S. (2024)
Exploring Societal Fears of Aging and Loss of Beauty in Disney Film “Tangled” and Indian Film “Yashoda”: A Feminist Film Analysis.
#DisneyStudies
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Gopalakrishnan, B., Borah, R., & Lakshmi M., S. (2024)
Exploring Societal Fears of Aging and Loss of Beauty in Disney Film “Tangled” and Indian Film “Yashoda”: A Feminist Film Analysis.
#DisneyStudies
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Exploring Societal Fears of Aging and Loss of Beauty in Disney Film “Tangled” and Indian Film “Yashoda”: A Feminist Film Analysis
| Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies
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December 14, 2024 at 11:06 AM
New in Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies.
Gopalakrishnan, B., Borah, R., & Lakshmi M., S. (2024)
Exploring Societal Fears of Aging and Loss of Beauty in Disney Film “Tangled” and Indian Film “Yashoda”: A Feminist Film Analysis.
#DisneyStudies
doi.org/10.46539/gmd...
Gopalakrishnan, B., Borah, R., & Lakshmi M., S. (2024)
Exploring Societal Fears of Aging and Loss of Beauty in Disney Film “Tangled” and Indian Film “Yashoda”: A Feminist Film Analysis.
#DisneyStudies
doi.org/10.46539/gmd...
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Looking for an adaptation scholar interested in writing a film review of Wicked for publication in Adaptation. Open to other suggestions as well! Reach me at sedaoz@udel.edu #FilmReviews #AdaptationStudies #WickedFilm academic.oup.com/adaptation
Adaptation | Oxford Academic
Publishes academic articles, and film and book reviews, dealing with literature on screen from both a literary and film studies perspective.
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December 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Looking for an adaptation scholar interested in writing a film review of Wicked for publication in Adaptation. Open to other suggestions as well! Reach me at sedaoz@udel.edu #FilmReviews #AdaptationStudies #WickedFilm academic.oup.com/adaptation
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CFP: Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made; . . .
See full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5755
And please share widely!
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made; . . .
See full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5755
And please share widely!
CFP: OGOM Conference 2025: CFP – BARS Blog
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December 14, 2024 at 12:42 PM
CFP: Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made; . . .
See full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5755
And please share widely!
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made; . . .
See full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5755
And please share widely!
Part IV: Carolyn Yiquan Wang's "Re-Imaging Empowered Princesshood Against the Rise of The Fourth-Wave Feminism: A Thematic Study of Disney’s Princess Live-Action Remakes" considers the efforts to engage with Fourth Wave Feminism...
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a group of women dressed as princesses are standing in a room . one of the women is wearing a purple dress .
Alt: A group of women dressed as princesses are standing in a room. The camera zooms in on a gape-mouthed Snow White.
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December 13, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Part IV: Carolyn Yiquan Wang's "Re-Imaging Empowered Princesshood Against the Rise of The Fourth-Wave Feminism: A Thematic Study of Disney’s Princess Live-Action Remakes" considers the efforts to engage with Fourth Wave Feminism...
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Part III: Matt Weaver's (@Matt_Weaver21) article "‘We’re Not Quite There Yet… But We Will Be’: Identifying Shifts in The Walt Disney Company’s LGBTQ+ Representation" charts the present engagement with queerness through Lightyear and Strange World...
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a cartoon character from the movie strange world is smiling
Alt: From Strange World: Ethan Clade (Disney's [seventh] FIRST GAY CHARACTER) smiles in wonder at the beauty around him.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Part III: Matt Weaver's (@Matt_Weaver21) article "‘We’re Not Quite There Yet… But We Will Be’: Identifying Shifts in The Walt Disney Company’s LGBTQ+ Representation" charts the present engagement with queerness through Lightyear and Strange World...
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I was delighted to see that my monograph "Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (EUP, 2022) has been reviewed in the very 1st issue of The International Journal of Disney Studies by Laura O'Flanagan.
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Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood, Eve Benhamou (2022) | Intellect
Review of: Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood, Eve Benhamou (2022)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 264 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-47447-612-6, h/bk, £85.00
ISBN 978-1-47447-613-3, ...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
I was delighted to see that my monograph "Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood" (EUP, 2022) has been reviewed in the very 1st issue of The International Journal of Disney Studies by Laura O'Flanagan.
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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Part II: Our first article, "Conservatives Watch Cartoons: The Rise of Disney, The Right and Cultural Criticism in The 1990s," comes from Alex Pinelli and explores conservative film criticism of the Disney Renaissance. part of a larger retrenchment of...
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Conservatives watch cartoons: The rise of Disney, the right and cultural criticism in the 1990s | Intellect
This research explores the dynamic intersection of conservatism and Disney animation during the 1990s, a pivotal decade for both political ideology and cultural influence in the United States. It exam...
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December 11, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Part II: Our first article, "Conservatives Watch Cartoons: The Rise of Disney, The Right and Cultural Criticism in The 1990s," comes from Alex Pinelli and explores conservative film criticism of the Disney Renaissance. part of a larger retrenchment of...
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Deadline has been extended to Dec. 20 for those who are interested!
⏰ Proposals are due TODAY for my very favorite conference: Doing Women’s Film & Television History, to be held June 18-20 at the University of Lincoln.
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Call for Papers: Doing Women’s Film and Television History VII – Entangled Media: Past and Present
18-20 June 2025, University of Lincoln This seventh iteration of the Women’s Film and Television History Network conference will foreground transnational and transmedial approaches to histories of …
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December 10, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Deadline has been extended to Dec. 20 for those who are interested!
Part I: Don't know where to start with Disney Studies? Take a gander at our Welcome by crack editorial duo @drbecca.bsky.social and alleged-monarch @drrobynmuir.bsky.social - on the state of Disney Studies, the reason for the Journal, a glimpse of the future: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Welcome to the International Journal of Disney Studies | Intellect
In this editorial for the first issue of the International Journal of Disney Studies (IJDS), the founding editors map the field of Disney Studies as it currently stands and then place this new journal...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Part I: Don't know where to start with Disney Studies? Take a gander at our Welcome by crack editorial duo @drbecca.bsky.social and alleged-monarch @drrobynmuir.bsky.social - on the state of Disney Studies, the reason for the Journal, a glimpse of the future: intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...