As you can imagine I have caused a bit of a stir in some circles. Rather
than respond to individuals, let me amplify and thereby dig myself in even
deeper. Here is my reply:
I regret you took this as a political statement. It was intended as a
cultural statement.
The Disneyization and McDonaldization of culture and society are among the
subjects of contemporary social thought and scholarship.
The search "historic parks and disney" in the index " America:History and
Life" retrieves some articles on the debate taking place between scholars
of history and scholars of popular culture.
My original remarks were half tongue-in-cheek. I believe George Bush
etal would sincerely believe they had done right by the Iraqi people if
amends for the looting and destruction of their cultural heritage were
made in the form of building a cradle of civilization theme park. In
Ciceronian fashion, I will refrain from remarking on the profits to be
gained....
Ruth S. Thomas
Archaeology, Art, Art History, Classics Bibliographer
Mugar Memorial Library
Boston University
771 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
(617)353-3714
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Linda Tompkins wrote:
> This kind of political statement is not appropriate for the ARLIS listserv. Can we try to stick to professional issues?
>
> Linda Tompkins-Baldwin
> Library Director
> Baltimore Museum of Art Library
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> >>> Ruth Thomas <[log in to unmask]> 04/16/03 10:17AM >>>
> The Bush administration will hire Disney (with our tax money) to build a
> cradle of civilization theme park. Bush will appear on TV and tell
> Americans they can point to it with pride. Americans will re-elect this
> man of culture in a landslide.
>
> Ruth S. Thomas
> Archaeology, Art, Art History, Classics Bibliographer
> Mugar Memorial Library
> Boston University
> 771 Commonwealth Ave.
> Boston, MA 02215
> (617)353-3714
>
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