Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)

The Effectiveness of Female Roles in the Disney Films

Authors
Yiwen Chen1, *, , Xuanya Huang2, , Yifan Zou3,
1Beijing World Youth Academy, Beijing, 100016, China
2Guangdong Country Garden School, Guangzhou, 51000. China
3Suzhou foreign language school, Suzhou, 215000, China

These authors contributed equally

*Corresponding author: guanghua.ren@gecacdemy.cn
Corresponding Author
Yiwen Chen
Available Online 28 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220110.193How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Feminism; the United States; Disney’s films; Feminist Character; Social Identity Theory; Cognitive theory
Abstract

Feminism is a movement that arose from the changes in women’s consciousness of their rights and status in society. During the 20th century, a surge of the feminist movements promoted by education became a significant and decisive factor in the tremendous improvement of women’s status all around the world. This paper aims to explore the social impacts of Disney films made in the United States in the 20th century. The paper further confirms the social identity theory and cognitive theory to point out how Disney movies promote the unity of feminists and how they raise the consciousness of rights and fight for women’s rights. This paper concludes that Disney movies improve the inspiration for feminism and the independence of women, and just push the women’s status in a positive direction. The process and development of feminist characters of Disney movies are then discussed and presented.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-523-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220110.193How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 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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