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Daily Archives: November 19, 2014

Jungleland: Disney’s Theme Parks and the Allure of the Exotic

This week, friend of the blog, Travis R. May (Ph.D. student, University of Colorado Boulder), talks Disneyland and the exoticization of the tropics. Just ahead, a rickety wooden bridge crosses a narrow stream, and the footpath beyond leads into a primitive village of wattle-and-daub buildings crowned with high thatched roofs. Tropical birdcalls and animal growls echo…

November 19, 2014 in All Posts, Beyond the Academy.

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