| Description |
1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Consumption, convergence and synergy -- Disney fandom -- Commodity fetishism as mythic experience -- Mediating the Mouse -- A concluding plot twist -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Interpreting Disney -- 1 Abbreviating Mickey Mouse: The Art of Remediation in Disney Cartoons -- Media ecology: Networks, layers and filters -- Disney environments and remediation -- Physical Disney environment -- Digital Disney environment -- Remediation -- Contemporary remediation of Disney media |
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Have a Laugh! series -- Short selection process -- Self-censorship and sanitization of content in the Have a Laugh! cartoons by theme -- A closer look at Mickey's Parrot -- Eliminating credit -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 'You Grow Up to Be a Duck Fan in Your Mother's Womb': The Bond between Finnish People and Donald Duck -- Introduc(k)tion -- The previous Disney comics research -- Aku Ankka: A magazine like no other -- Donald: Practically a Finn -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Toad, Alice and Peter: From England to Disney-Land and Back Again -- Toad -- Alice -- Peter |
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Notes -- References -- 4 Egalitarian or Stereotypical? Gender Representation in Disney Feature Fairy Tales of the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- Disney production of gender roles in the twenty-first century -- Female conversations: The Bechdel test convincingly passed, but... -- More egalitarian, more androgynous, but still trapped in patriarchy? -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 5 Father Still Knows Best: Exploring the Construction of Traditional Masculinity as Depicted in Portrayals of Fatherhood in Disney Princess Movies -- Introduction -- Review of the literature |
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Disney Princess culture -- Separate-spheres ideology, gender stereotypes and 'good' parenting -- Traditional versus non-traditional parents -- The invisible father -- Father involvement and gender socialization -- Disney's portrayal of families -- Methodology -- Findings -- Finding one: The invisible father -- Finding two: Interaction with women -- Finding three: Somatext of Disney dads -- Finding four: Fathering style -- Absentee/uninvolved father -- Oblivious father/jellyfish dad -- Authoritarian father/dragon dad -- Attached father/dolphin dad -- Conclusion -- References |
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6 Poisoned Apples: Womanhood in Disney's Snow White -- Jungian analysis/archetypes -- The shadow -- The animus/anima -- The self -- Jungian analysis: Conclusion -- Major things removed from the text -- Removal of the mother/significant female relationships -- Removal of beauty and cosmetic supplies -- Removal of the father and the prince's servants -- Removal of negative emotions -- Major things removed: Conclusion -- Major things added to the film -- Emphasis on the Snow White/dwarfs relationship -- Addition of Snow White as a 'wife and mother': 'The angel of the house' |
| Summary |
The name 'Disney' is synonymous with its expansive franchises, from princesses to theme parks. The power of the Disney brand is its role as a cultural influencer across multiple generations across the globe. This collection of essays takes a look at Disney beyond its behemoth corporate presents and into the threads of the Disney experience. b/w illus |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Emphasis on Snow White-prince relationship |
| Subject |
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966
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Walt Disney Company
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Walt Disney Productions
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Amusements -- United States -- History
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Popular culture -- United States
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social life and customs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781789384758 |
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1789384753 |
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