Disneyfication (also called Disneyization) is a pejorative term which describes the transformation of something, usually society at large, to resemble the The Walt Disney Company's theme parks. Sharon Zukin (1996) uses the former term in her book The Cultures of Cities, as do other social scientists writing about urban transformation. The latter term was popularized by Alan Bryman in a 2004 book, The Disneyization of Society.

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  • Disneyfication (also called Disneyization) is a pejorative term which describes the transformation of something, usually society at large, to resemble the The Walt Disney Company's theme parks. Sharon Zukin (1996) uses the former term in her book The Cultures of Cities, as do other social scientists writing about urban transformation. The latter term was popularized by Alan Bryman in a 2004 book, The Disneyization of Society. Disneyfication of urban space is explored in Jeff Ferrell's Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy. The terms are generally used in a negative way, and they imply homogenization of consumption, merchandising, and emotional labor. They can be used more broadly to describe the processes of stripping a real place or event of its original character and repackaging it in a sanitized format. References to anything negative are removed, and the facts are watered down with the intent of making the subject more pleasant and easily grasped. In the case of places, this typically means replacing what has grown organically over time with an idealized and tourist-friendly veneer reminiscent of the "Main Street, U.S.A. " attractions at Disney theme parks. The French philosopher Jean Baudrillard (who writes about the nature of reality and the hyperreality) has called Disneyland the most real place in the U.S. , because it is not pretending to be anything more than it actually is, a theme park. In his essay Simulations, he writes: "Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real, but of the order of the hyper-real and of simulation. " He also criticized the hidden corporate nature of the company in his book America: "The whole Walt Disney philosophy eats out of your hand with these pretty little sentimental creatures in grey fur coats. For my own part, I believe that behind these smiling eyes there lurks a cold, ferocious beast fearfully stalking us."
  • Disneyfizierung ist ein Begriff der Stadtplanung und Architektursoziologie. Er steht für eine neue Definition von Stadt und Gesellschaft, bei der die Wiederbelebung alter Wertesysteme eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Das Konzept des Themenparks soll nicht mehr allein dem traumhaften, kurzzeitigen, Erholung verheißenden Ausstieg aus der wirklichen Welt dienen, es verspricht jetzt auch wirkliche Weltverbesserung. In fast kultischer Weise werden die Leitgedanken des Firmengründers Walt Disney als neues Gesellschaftskonzept wiederentdeckt, die Idealvorstellung, dass jeder seines Schicksals eigener Schmied ist, getrieben von Träumen, die durch seine Willenskraft realisiert werden. Disneyfizierung wird zum Symbol der Verwirklichung des “American Dream”.
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  • Disneyfication (also called Disneyization) is a pejorative term which describes the transformation of something, usually society at large, to resemble the The Walt Disney Company's theme parks. Sharon Zukin (1996) uses the former term in her book The Cultures of Cities, as do other social scientists writing about urban transformation. The latter term was popularized by Alan Bryman in a 2004 book, The Disneyization of Society.
  • Disneyfizierung ist ein Begriff der Stadtplanung und Architektursoziologie. Er steht für eine neue Definition von Stadt und Gesellschaft, bei der die Wiederbelebung alter Wertesysteme eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Das Konzept des Themenparks soll nicht mehr allein dem traumhaften, kurzzeitigen, Erholung verheißenden Ausstieg aus der wirklichen Welt dienen, es verspricht jetzt auch wirkliche Weltverbesserung.
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