{"product_id":"how-to-read-el-pato-jesse-lerner-9781911164722","title":"How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith text in both English and Spanish \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon the reach of one of the world's largest production companies, \u003cem\u003eHow to Read El Pato Pascual\u003c\/em\u003e explores the prevalent presence of the Walt Disney Company within Latin America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamined through artworks spanning painting, photography, graphic work, drawing, sculpture, and video, as well as folk art, handcrafts and other vernacular objects, the book considers Disney's engagement within Latin America, that extends from Donald Duck's first featured role, the 1937 Mexican-themed short \u003cem\u003eDon Donald\u003c\/em\u003e, to the 2013 attempt to copyright The Day of the Dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reach and influence of Disney is also viewed through a series of commissioned essays, with themes including \"Disney, Marx and Labor\" and \"he Politics of Appropriations\". \u003cem\u003eHow to Read El Pato Pascual\u003c\/em\u003e also features a reprint of How to Read Donald Duck, the essay by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart that critiques Disney comics from a Marxist point of view as being vehicles for American cultural imperialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes artistic contributions from artists including Liliana Porter, Carlos Amorales and Arturo Herrera, as well as written contributions from Jesse Lerner and Rubén Ortiz-Torres, amongst others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Lerner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911164724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911164722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Dog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.00h x 8.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Jesse Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440867324159,"sku":"9781911164722","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c97a8782-0624-4ef5-a9d1-29500f6d423b.jpg?v=1777187199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-read-el-pato-jesse-lerner-9781911164722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}