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The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds
By Ariel Dorfman
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780822346593
 
from Duke Univ Pr (December 15, 2009); titled "The Empire’s 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
Book cover for 9780140256376 Book cover for 9780394714868 Book cover for 9780822346715
 
from Duke Univ Pr (December 15, 2009); titled "The Empire’s 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.
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.
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