Byrnes, Leah A.2024-02-122024-02-1210.15786/13700296https://wyoscholar.uwyo.edu/handle/internal/6266https://doi.org/10.15786/137002961950s television, particularly Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club, contributed to the commodification of pop culture in a time when the integrity of American ideals was in constant strife due to the rising fear of Communism.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Mickey Mouse ClubCold WarAmericaDisneyPop CultureAmerican Popular CultureKnow Thyself: Individualism in Cold War America and Disney's The Mickey Mouse Clubthesis