Giunchigliani (2011) Gender transgressions of the Pixar villains

Explores whether the phenomenon of gender queering identified in Disney villains is also present in the films produced by Pixar. The appearances and behaviour of three male villains from Pixar’s films are coded for stereotypical masculine and stereotypical queer features, and these are compared to existing findings on Disney villains. This thesis will be useful if you are interested in gender queering in animated villains (especially how Pixar and Disney queer their villains in different ways), although it lacks detailed linguistic analysis.