“Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor Thesis Bethany Schouten, 3278972 Media en Cultuurwetenschappen Genderstudies Supervisor: Domitilla Olivieri May 31st, 2011 “Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor thesis by Bethany Schouten, 3278972 Index Introduction 3 Methodological and theoretical Framework 4 Corpus 9 The
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Literature REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY IN DISNEY CARTOON PRODUCTION: An Analysis of Selected Examples The purpose of this essay is to explore how media, especially Disney cartoons, affect gender, particularly young girls and how the representations of females within the media affect the viewers through stereotypes or ideals to live up too. THE INTRODUCTION (the explanation of media influences and basic notions of women representations in Disney Production) A good
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By watching YouTube videos, television shows, movies, or any form of news, it is obvious that what we should be thinking of women today (obtain authority, become a successful business woman, getting paid equal to men), is extremely different to how women are portrayed in the media. Todays women in the media are sexualized, they provide unrealistic expectations, and there are undeniable stereotypes. To begin, women are exceedingly sexualized in the media. Pornographic pictures of women are a huge
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new “Princess”? Media has grown into the ultimate medium of mass communication, a popular agent used to illustrate a “reflection” of the societies throughout the ages. In general, media has overcome multiple issues of representation of different genders, sexuality, classes, ethnic and racial groups (Hoynes and Crouteau). Nevertheless, these matters are not completely evolved yet. Media producers substitute the blunt way of displaying their demeaning opinions, into a subtler version of prejudice defined
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Disney released The Little Mermaid in 1989, which was just 25 years post the women’s sexual revolution and the publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in the 1960s during second wave feminism. This movement advocated for women’s sexual liberties
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Abusing Self-Defense Crime Self-defense, a noun defined as the defense of one's person or interests, especially through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime. When you hear about self-defense some people would think of the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case. While I would love to talk about that case I am here on a different mission, to bring awareness to the abuse of using the self-defense as a reason to kill someone and
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Unfortunately, they are resurfacing in our sitcoms, newscasts and big screen movies. Historically, the portrayal of minorities in movies and television is less than ideal. Whether its appearing in disparaging roles or not appearing at all, minorities are the victim of an industry that relies on old ideas to appeal to the "majority" at the expense of the insignificant minority." There are many types of stereotypes including gender, religion and race. The two types I will be discussing in my paper are race
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do next? Studies from the National Sleep Foundation suggest that 95% of families use some form of electronic media1 before getting a few hours of restless slumber. What they do not generally take into consideration, however, is that the shows and movies that are being watched are completely counter-productive to the doors that have just been locked and have consequently created a false sense of security. Certainly, one would not voluntarily invite an audacious woman who had just shown up on their
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Disney characters : the reflect of women's place in the society Walt Disney, under his real name Walt Elias Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago. He founded in 1923 the famous Walt Disney Company with his brother Roy as the Disney Brothers Studios. After three years, the studios take the name Walt Disney Company. Their first animated film came out in 1937 "Snow White" inspired by a famous children's story by the Brothers Grimm. Thereafter follow many animated films like Cinderella, Mulan, or Rebel
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“…Children between 2 and 5 years of age start to become aware of race, ethnicity, gender, and disabilities…Children learn stereotypes and attitudes about race from their parents, caretakers and the world around them” (Brunette). The knowledge that young children hold about Native Americans can vary greatly form child to child. Some children know about a tribe that lives in their area, while others just have the images that Disney has put in their heads. Most children believe that Native Americans are a
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