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1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) |
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Introduction -- Film as a cultural mirror -- A brief history of animation -- The early life of Walt Disney and the beginnings of the Disney Studio, 1901-1937 -- Disney films 1937-1967 : the "classic" years -- Disney films 1967-1988 : the "middle" era -- Disney films 1989-2005 : the "Eisner" era -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
In Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis re-examines the notion that Disney heroines are rewarded for passivity. Davis proceeds from the assumption that, in their representations of femininity, Disney films both reflected and helped shape the attitudes of the wider society, both at the time of their first release and subsequently. Analyzing the construction of (mainly human) female characters in the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio between 1937 and 2001, she attempts to establish the extent to which these characterizations were shaped by wider popular stereotypes. Davis argues th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262), filmography (pages 263-266) , and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 -- Characters -- Women
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 fast |
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Walt Disney Productions.
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Walt Disney Company
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Walt Disney Company fast |
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Walt Disney Productions fast |
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Walt Disney (Firma) idszbz |
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Disney characters -- Social aspects
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Women in motion pictures.
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Animated films.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Animated films
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Women in literature
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Women in motion pictures
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Animatiefilms.
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Walt Disney Company.
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Vrouwen.
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Frau.
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Frauenbild.
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Geschichte.
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Motiv (Kunst)
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Trickfilm.
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Film -- kvinnobilden.
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Kvinnor i filmen.
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Barnfilm.
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Flickor/kvinnor.
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Kvinnor på film.
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Animerad film.
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780861969012 |
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0861969014 |
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0861966732 |
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9780861966738 |
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