"As Michael Steiner has shown, Disneyland is both a purveyor of national mythology and a powerful symbol of late-modern American life. It is defined by pleasant consumerism, free of dirt, disorder and unhappy noise. And it promises limitless choices of entertainment and education. Behind these promises and the experience of Disneyland, however, is a network of careful management and manipulation, the staging of a powerful message that legitimates a suburban vision of American life and hides not only conflicts over it but also a large labor force of low-wage entertainment, food service, and maintenance workers."