{"id":1303,"date":"2010-04-13T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2010-05-17T17:28:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:28:57","slug":"dorfman-ariel-the-empires-old-clothes-what-the-lone-ranger-babar-and-other-innocent-heroes-do-to-our-minds-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Dorfman, Ariel. The Empire&#8217;s Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds. 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1377\" title=\"EmpireClothes_klein\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EmpireClothes_klein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/?attachment_id=1380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1380\" title=\"EmpireClothes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EmpireClothes-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EmpireClothes-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EmpireClothes.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social messages behind the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as &#8220;Donald Duck&#8221; comics, &#8220;The Babar&#8221; children&#8217;s books, and &#8220;The Reader&#8217;s Digest&#8221; magazine. &#8220;The Empire&#8217;s Old Clothes&#8221; was widely praised when it was first published 1983. This edition, including a new preface by the author, makes a contemporary classic newly available. \u00a9 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0822346710?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=interassocofi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0822346710\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Buy at Amazon.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/0822346710?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=interassocofi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=0822346710\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Buy at Amazon.de<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dorfman, Ariel. <em>The Empire&#8217;s Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds<\/em>. 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