Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

The Transformation of Female Images in Disney Animated Films from the 20th to the 21st Century in the Context of the American Feminist Movement

Authors
Yuze Liu1, , Mo Yang2, *,
1School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
2Faculty of Media &Communication, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430000, China

Those authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author Email: 30276513@stu.scs.cuhk.edu.hk
Corresponding Author
Mo Yang
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.177How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Disney Films; American Feminist Movement; Female Image
Abstract

The American feminist movement has experienced three waves of movement since its outbreak in the mid-19th century. Its influence has continued to impact the norms of patriarchal society and has had a huge impact on the development of the film industry. Disney, one of the giants of the animation world, produced a series of films portraying princesses. As a mirror of the social and contemporary context, Disney reflected the image of women in different periods of the feminist movement through its animated films. This paper will analyse the representative Disney princess animations during the three waves through an observational method in the context of the feminist movement in the United States, in an attempt to construct the changes in the image of Disney princesses from the 20th to the 21st century, and thus explore the awakening and development of women’s consciousness.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.177How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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