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"Theme parks like Disneyland now simulate the experiences of space travel, submarine voyages, driving on the Autobahn, strolling through the French Quarter in New Orleans, expeditions through the “Western Frontier,” nostalgic walks down “Main Street” America, and journeys into fairy tales and children’s stories. Baudrillard argues that Disneyland is a perfect model of a simulation. Disneyland is not just simply a simulated fantasyland, but instead it is present as fantasy, which, ironically, leads us to believe that the rest of America is real. Thus for Baudrillard, in contrast to the simulated malls and theme restaurants of everyday “real life,” Disneyland is more authentic than “reality” because it does not purport to be “real."

p. 669, Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory, by Scott Appelrouth and Laura Desfor Edles

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