Fractured Fairy Tales and Fragmented Markets: Disney's Weddings of a Lifetime and the Cultural Politics of Media Conglomeration

Television & New Media

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-88

  Levine, Elana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disney; fairy tale; Lifetime; media conglomeration; romance; synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997945687     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476403255820     Document Type: Article

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