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UUnit 9 Disney World is the ultimate showcase for postmodernism and postmodern society because of the way it uses simulation to create the illusion we can overcome the limits of time and space, self and society. But many of the ideas it conveys are false, making it a realm of illusion in more than one sense. Plaque at the entrance of Disneyland which reads: Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy Postmodernism Postmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define, because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines or areas of study, including art, architecture, music, film, literature, sociology, communications, fashion, and technology. Its hard to locate it temporally or historically, because its not clear exactly when postmodernism begins. amusement park Tomorrow land Adventureland Fantasyland Frontierland Disney Cartoon Characters: Mickey Mouse 米奇/米老鼠 Minnie Mouse 米妮 Donald Duck唐老鸭 Pluto布鲁托 Little Pigs Snow White白雪公主 Bambi 斑比 Dumbo大耳象Dumbo Pinocchio小木偶 Pinocchio Disneyland history. Disneyland was a dream of Walt Disney from the time his two daughters were quite young.? He used to take them places on Saturday... he called it Daddys day with the two daughters.? He would watch them having fun while he waited around sitting on a bench eating peanuts.? He thought there should be some sort of amusement enterprise where the whole family could have fun together.? So, he dreamed about a theme park... a place where people could come and see Mickey Mouse, ride on a merry-go-round, take a trip on a train...? He wanted to have the park near the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank but his little idea kept growing until it wouldnt fit there!? That is why it was eventually built in Anaheim, California instead. Once Walt convinced his brother Roy, and Roy convinced the investors that this would be a good projec