How to read El Pato Pascual
Subtitle: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney
By: edited by Jesse Lerner, Rubén Ortiz-Torres = Para leer Al Pato Pascual : la América Latina de Disney y el Disney de América Latina / editado por Jesse Lerner, Rubén Ortiz-Torres
Contributors: Ortiz Torres, Rubén, editor; Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project); MAK-Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles; Luckman Gallery; Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA; Black Dog Publishing
Publisher: Black Dog Publishing Limited
Published: 2017
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781911164722
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Appropriation (Art); Latin American Art; Walt Disney Company; Modern Art; Imperialism in art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney; Para leer Al Pato Pascual :
Description: Investigating the reception and reuse of the imagery of one of the world's largest production companies, 'How to Read El Pato Pascual' explores the prevalent presence of Walt Disney in Latin America. Examined through artworks including painting, photography, graphic work, drawing, sculpture and video, as well as vernacular objects and documentary material, the book considers Disney's engagement within Latin America, extending from Donald Duck's first featured role, the 1937 Mexican-themed short 'Don Donald', to the 2013 attempt to copyright the Day of the Dead. The reach and influence of Disney is also examined in a series of commissioned essays drawing on cultural studies, historical research and postcolonial theory. 'How to Read El Pato Pascual' also features a reprint of 'How to Read Donald Duck' (Chile, 1971), an essay by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart that critiques Disney comics through a Marxist lens as vehicles of American cultural imperialism. The book includes artistic contributions from artists including Liliana Porter, Nadin Ospina, Enrique Chagoya, and Arturo Herrera, as well as written contributions from Jesse Lerner and Ruben Ortiz-Torres, amongst others.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Cal State L.A., September 9 2017-January 14, 2018.

"[P]art of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, taking place from September 2017 through January 2018 ... "--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney" : September 9, 2017-January 14, 2018, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A., Los Angeles, California, United States.

Text in English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: "It's a Small World After All..." = Prefacio: Es un mundo pequeño después todo... / Priscilla Fraser; title: Introduction = Introducción / Jesse Lerner ; Rubén Ortiz-Torres; title: The Good Neighbor Films of Walt Disney = Los peliculas de Walt Disney y la politicia del Buen Vecino / Darlene J. Sadlier; title: Of Mice and Men, Women and Ducks = De ratones y hombres, mujeres y patos / Jesse Lerner; title: Ducks in a Row = Patos en fila / Nate Harrison; title: La República y El Reino = The Republic and the Kingdom / Fabián Cereijido; title: The Future, Once Again = El futuro, una vez más / Carla Zaccagnini; title: Macho Mouse Remix / Rubén Ortiz-Torres; title: Exhibition Catalog = Catálago de exposición; title: Reprint: How to Read Donald Duck / Ariel Dorfman ; Armand Mattelart; title: Introduction to How to Read Donald Duck (1991) / David Kunzle; title: Ariel Dorfman Reflects on 'How to Read Donald Duck' = Ariel Dorfman reflexiona sobre 'Para leer al Pato Donald' / Rodrigo Dorfman.