DISNEYLAND CULTURE

RAJ PERSAD

ANTHROPOLOGY 102

DR. WOLFE

5/13/2015

THIS BOY HAS A MICKEY MOUSE SHIRT AND MICKEY MOUSE EARS SYMBOLIZING THE POPULAR CULTURE OF DISNEY CREATED BY WALT

DISNEY. IT STARTED OUT WITH CARTOON MOVIES AND THEN TURNED INTO A THEME PARK WHICH IS HIGHLY POPULAR IN AMERICAN CULTURE.

IN THIS PICTURE THERE IS A LADY WITH BLONDE HAIR WEARING A MINNIE MOUSE BOW. MINNIE MOUSE IS ANOTHER CHARACTER CREATED BY WALT DISNEY.PEOPLE IN THIS CULTURE MIMIC WHAT THEY SEE IN POP CULTURE WHETHER IN FILM ,TELEVISION, COMMERCIALS OR AMUSEMENT PARKS.

HERE IN THIS PICTURE IS AN AMERICAN FAMILY SIGHT SEEING ONE OF THE RIDES AT THIS AMUSEMENT PARK. NOTICE HOW CLOSE THEY ARE STANDING LIKE THEY ARE A UNIT. FAMILIES TYPICALLY HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE VERY

DEPENDENT ON THEIR PARENTS FROM INFANCY UNTIL ADULTHOOD.

NOTICE THE STYLE OF DRESS OF THIS LADY IN THE CENTER. SHE IS EXPOSING HER LEGS MORE SO THAN A MIDDLE EASTERN CUTLURE FOR EXAMPLE. HOWEVER THERE ARE CERTAIN OLDER ADULTS WHO DRESS MORE CONSERVATIVELY. THE MALES ARE DRESSED CASUAL WEARING SHORTS

AND MAYBE FLIP FLOPS WHICH IS TYPICAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE WHEN DRESSED FOR AN OUTDOOR FUN EVENT LIKE AN AMUSEMENT PARK.

IN THIS PHOTO YOU SEE A CROWD GATHERED TO WATCH A SHOW WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE IN THIS PICTURE. WATCH HOW THEY GROUP TOGETHER AND LOOK ON WITH INTEREST. ENTERTAINMENT IS BIG IN THIS CULTURE. THE FIRST TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT IN THIS COUNTRY WERE VAUDEVILLE

SHOWS LIKE THESE WHERE THERE WERE PERFORMERS ON THE STREET.

THIS PICTURE DEMONSTRATES HOW LOOSE AMERICANS ARE WITH THEIR INFANTS. NOTICE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THIS COUPLE IN THE

FRONT AND THEIR INFANT IN THE STROLLER. IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES FOR EXAMPLE THE BABIES ARE CARRIED AT ALL TIMES.

IN THIS PICTURE NOTICE HOW PEOPLE OF SIMILAR RACIAL BACKGROUNDS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER. IT’S TYPICAL IN

THIS SOCIETY FOR PEOPLE TO SOCIALIZE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE

SIMILAR TO THEM.

NOTICE THE LITTLE CHILD IN THE STROLLER WEARING A BATMAN HOOD CAP.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF POP CULTURE POPULARITY IN AMERICA

WHERE SUPER HEROS IN POP CULTURE ARE GLORIFIED ESPECIALLY BY CHILDREN.

NOTICE THE INFORMAL CASUAL STYLE OF DRESS IN AMERICAN CULTURE.

PEOPLE ARE DRESSED ACCORDING TO THE EVENT WHICH IS AN AMUSEMENT

PARK AND THE WEATHER WHICH IS SLIGHTLY COOL BUT WARM AS YOU CAN

SEE SOME WEARING SWEATERS.

NOTICE THE SPACE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THIS GIRL AND HER MOM. IT

IS VERY CLOSE- EVEN LESS THAN AN ARMS LENGTH IN DISTANCE. THIS IS MORE TYPICAL AMONG FEMALES IN

THIS SOCIETY.