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Volume 1, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2976-7911
  • E-ISSN: 2976-792X

Abstract

In this editorial for the first issue of the (), the founding editors map the field of Disney Studies as it currently stands and then place this new journal within it. In particular, we explain the need for such a Disney Studies journal at this specific moment in time. The editorial ends with an introduction to this issue and thanks and welcomes to our editorial team, both at Intellect and on the journal team specifically.

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2025-03-23
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