The Strange Case of Dr. von Braun and Mr. Disney: Frontierland, Tomorrowland, and America's Final Frontier
When Disneyland opened in 1955, it featured America's past in Frontierland and looked at America's future in Tomorrowland. Together they represent what scholar of religion Mircea Eliade called a "religious nostalgia" for a mythic past; in this case, a nostalgia for the western fr...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2013]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Walt Disney
B religious nostalgia B Wernher von Braun B final frontier B Tomorrowland B Frontierland |
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| Summary: | When Disneyland opened in 1955, it featured America's past in Frontierland and looked at America's future in Tomorrowland. Together they represent what scholar of religion Mircea Eliade called a "religious nostalgia" for a mythic past; in this case, a nostalgia for the western frontier. The conjoining of space exploration with the historical frontier solidified space as America's new frontier in the popular imagination and a sense of being called by God to explore the new frontier of outer space. Disney's Tomorrowland, in tension with Frontierland, paralleled how nostalgia for the western frontier was revived as faith in the future. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.25.3.416 |