Overview
- Examines the creation and development of Donald Duck in comics and other media on both sides of the Atlantic
- Creates an interdisciplinary fan studies/adaptational framework for examining transnational media franchises
- Illuminates the shadowy interactions of Disney and its fans and the limits of control and creativity of each effort.
Part of the book series: Palgrave Fan Studies (PFS)
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This book examines the scope and nature of Donald Duck and his family's popularity in Germany, in contrast to the diminished role they play in America. This is achieved through examination of the respective fan communities, business practices, and universality of the characters. This work locates and understands the aspects of translation and adaptation that inform the spread of culture that have as yet been underexplored in the context of comic books. It represents a large-scale attempt to incorporate adaptation and translation studies into comics studies, through a lens of fan studies (used to examine both the American and German fan communities, as well as the work of Don Rosa). This work builds on the efforts of other scholars, including Janet Wasko and Illaria Meloni, while expanding the historical understanding of what might be the world’s best-selling comics.
Peter Cullen Bryan is Lecturer at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His areas of study include American Studies, Intercultural Communications, and 21st Century American culture, emphasizing comic art and fan communities. His research has appeared in the Journal of Fandom Studies, The Journal of American Culture, and Popular Culture Studies Journal. He serves on the boards of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association, as well as Secretary for the Intercultural Communication section of the International Communication Association.
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Peter Cullen Bryan is Lecturer at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His areas of study include American Studies, Intercultural Communications, and 21st Century American culture, emphasizing comic art and fan communities. His research has appeared in the Journal of Fandom Studies, The Journal of American Culture, and Popular Culture Studies Journal. He serves on the boards of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association, as well as Secretary for the Intercultural Communication section of the International Communication Association.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creation, Translation, and Adaptation in Donald Duck Comics
Book Subtitle: The Dream of Three Lifetimes
Authors: Peter Cullen Bryan
Series Title: Palgrave Fan Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73636-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73635-4Published: 18 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73638-5Published: 19 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73636-1Published: 17 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-2807
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2815
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 222
Topics: Popular Culture , Comics Studies