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The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
July 1, 1996
Pages
223
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140256376
ISBN-10
0140256377
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$12.95
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: In 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 Reader's Digest magazine.
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Hardcover
from Duke Univ Pr (December 15, 2009); titled "The Empireâs Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds"
9780822346593 | details & prices | 196 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $79.95
Paperback
from Duke Univ Pr (December 15, 2009); titled "The Empireâs Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds"
9780822346715 | details & prices | 196 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.95
About: In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines.
About: In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines.
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (July 1, 1996)
9780140256376 | details & prices | 223 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $12.95
About: In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines.
About: In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines.
from Random House Inc (May 1, 1983)
9780394714868 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Argues that popular culture, in books, comics, and magazines, reflects reactionary values and looks at examples in the United States and Chile
About: Argues that popular culture, in books, comics, and magazines, reflects reactionary values and looks at examples in the United States and Chile
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