Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Standard

Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought : Disney Cartoons and Countryside. / Goddard, Joseph.

In: American Studies in Scandinavia, Vol. 48:2, No. 2016:2, 2016, p. 43-60.

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

Goddard, J 2016, 'Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside', American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 48:2, no. 2016:2, pp. 43-60. <https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/5360>

APA

Goddard, J. (2016). Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside. American Studies in Scandinavia, 48:2(2016:2), 43-60. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/assc/article/view/5360

Vancouver

Goddard J. Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside. American Studies in Scandinavia. 2016;48:2(2016:2):43-60.

Author

Goddard, Joseph. / Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought : Disney Cartoons and Countryside. In: American Studies in Scandinavia. 2016 ; Vol. 48:2, No. 2016:2. pp. 43-60.

Bibtex

@article{4ded8e0837b14ae4aba03e51aa5baa5e,
title = "Mickey{\textquoteright}s Trailer and Environmental Thought: Disney Cartoons and Countryside",
abstract = "The influence of popular cartoons on environmental cognition is explored in this essay through readings of Mickey{\textquoteright}s Trailer, a 1938 cartoon directed by Ben Sharpsteen for Walt Disney. Other materials considered include Ford Motor Company{\textquoteright}s 1937-38 film coproduced by Wilder Pictures, Glacier International Park, which promotes motor-tourism and automobile ownership, and Ben Sharpsteen{\textquoteright}s other work for Walt Disney. The article also examines the ideas of physical and “illusional” zoning in the city, especially the way that they were applied in the mid-twentieth century. Physical zoning involved separating incompatible land uses, whereas illusional zoning entailed seeing what you wanted to see. What does Mickey{\textquoteright}s Trailer say about how people can live, and can it inform where people choose to live? The essay muses that appreciations of nature and the environment are influenced by popular culture.",
author = "Joseph Goddard",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
volume = "48:2",
pages = "43--60",
journal = "American Studies in Scandinavia",
issn = "0044-8060",
publisher = "Syddansk Universitetsforlag",
number = "2016:2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mickey’s Trailer and Environmental Thought

T2 - Disney Cartoons and Countryside

AU - Goddard, Joseph

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The influence of popular cartoons on environmental cognition is explored in this essay through readings of Mickey’s Trailer, a 1938 cartoon directed by Ben Sharpsteen for Walt Disney. Other materials considered include Ford Motor Company’s 1937-38 film coproduced by Wilder Pictures, Glacier International Park, which promotes motor-tourism and automobile ownership, and Ben Sharpsteen’s other work for Walt Disney. The article also examines the ideas of physical and “illusional” zoning in the city, especially the way that they were applied in the mid-twentieth century. Physical zoning involved separating incompatible land uses, whereas illusional zoning entailed seeing what you wanted to see. What does Mickey’s Trailer say about how people can live, and can it inform where people choose to live? The essay muses that appreciations of nature and the environment are influenced by popular culture.

AB - The influence of popular cartoons on environmental cognition is explored in this essay through readings of Mickey’s Trailer, a 1938 cartoon directed by Ben Sharpsteen for Walt Disney. Other materials considered include Ford Motor Company’s 1937-38 film coproduced by Wilder Pictures, Glacier International Park, which promotes motor-tourism and automobile ownership, and Ben Sharpsteen’s other work for Walt Disney. The article also examines the ideas of physical and “illusional” zoning in the city, especially the way that they were applied in the mid-twentieth century. Physical zoning involved separating incompatible land uses, whereas illusional zoning entailed seeing what you wanted to see. What does Mickey’s Trailer say about how people can live, and can it inform where people choose to live? The essay muses that appreciations of nature and the environment are influenced by popular culture.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 48:2

SP - 43

EP - 60

JO - American Studies in Scandinavia

JF - American Studies in Scandinavia

SN - 0044-8060

IS - 2016:2

ER -

ID: 142443215