Examines the presentation of female agency in two characters (Toph and Azula) in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, looking particularly at multimodal features. Mostly qualitative analysis incorporating both visual and linguistic features through a critical stance. Linguistically, specific vocabulary and politeness strategies were analysed and evidenced with script excerpts. This thesis would be useful for those interested in how female agency is presented and gender stereotypes are defied linguistically in animation.
Halttunen, S. (2022). “She’s the greatest earthbender I’ve ever seen!” : female agency and representation in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender [Bachelor’s thesis, University of Jyväskylä]. JYX Digital Repository. https://tinyurl.com/2p962wu8