{"product_id":"the-empires-old-clothes-ariel-dorfman-9780822346715","title":"The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds","description":"In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as the Donald Duck comics, the Babar children's books, and \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003ci\u003eThe Empire's Old Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e was widely praised when it was first published in 1983. This edition, including a new preface by the author, makes a contemporary classic newly available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Dorfman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822346710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822346715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Ariel Dorfman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980622463231,"sku":"9780822346715","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_825f4fe2-f7dc-4f9f-bf3c-b82cb62e0d47.jpg?v=1683250965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empires-old-clothes-ariel-dorfman-9780822346715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}