Looks at the semiotics and visual representations of women in a range of Hayao Miyazaki and Disney films between 1984 to 2022. Detailed discussion on socially constructed gender roles and how they are reflected in the animated films of those times. The article focuses on visual framing of animated women, paying attention to body types, … Continue reading Taşkin, H ve Inanç. (2023) Reflections of the Female Identity Constructions in Animation Movies: An Analysis on Disney and Hayao Miyazaki Movies
Month: February 2022
Teshigawara (2003) Voices in Japanese animation
Examines the phonetic properties of heroes and villains in anime. Investigates how identified auditory characteristics affect people’s perceptions of good and bad characters. Mostly quantitative analysis with a detailed discussion of results. Male and female heroes and villains are analysed separately and differences are presented between them. This thesis would be useful for those interested … Continue reading Teshigawara (2003) Voices in Japanese animation
Thompson and Zerbinos (1995) Gender roles in animated cartoons
Examines male and female characters over 175 episodes of 41 different animated cartoons from the 1990’s to assess for their association with stereotypical gender roles and how they compare to previous studies on cartoons from the 1970’s. Only quantitative analysis with no examination of specific linguistic features in context, however good for a general overview … Continue reading Thompson and Zerbinos (1995) Gender roles in animated cartoons
Unger and Sunderland (2007) Gendered discourses in a contemporary animated film
Examines gendered discourses and stereotypes in the animated feature film Shrek. An overview is given of the various gendered discourses identified, and salient extracts are analysed in detail with respect to both visual and linguistic elements. This paper will be useful if you are interested in discourses around gender and the subversion of gender stereotypes, … Continue reading Unger and Sunderland (2007) Gendered discourses in a contemporary animated film
Vogt (2022) A Critical Discourse Analysis of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in Children’s Animated Series
Uses Critical Discourse Analysis and an overview of critical theory, in general, to analyse and understand Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in popular modern children’s cartoon series. Takes a qualitative approach and samples episodes from 20 different cartoons and looks at five major themes these characters represent. As well as discussing the language used around … Continue reading Vogt (2022) A Critical Discourse Analysis of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Characters in Children’s Animated Series