Examines the gender-stereotyped content of children’s TV network cartoons across 4 genres: traditional adventure, nontraditional adventure, educational/family, and comedy. Notes the over-representation of male characters, linking TV’s role in shaping children’s behaviour to likelihoods of gender stereotyping. Studies the frequencies of 9 labelled emotions triggered the behaviour and language across the 4 genres and Additionally … Continue reading Leaper, Breed, Hoffman & Perlman (2002) Variations in the gender-stereotyped content of children’s television cartoons across genres
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Manaworapong and Bowen (2022) Language, gender, and patriarchy in Mulan
Examines the differences in male and female gendered language use across two different versions of Disney’s Mulan - the original 1998 version and the modern 2020 remake. Mostly quantitative data however there is some detailed qualitative linguistic analyses of examples from script extracts. The ‘Discussion’ section features a more critical interpretation of the results, relating … Continue reading Manaworapong and Bowen (2022) Language, gender, and patriarchy in Mulan
Scheffer-Wentz (2020) Let it Go: A Critical Comparative Analysis of the Modern-Day Female Protagonist Based on Disney’s Frozen and Frozen II
A qualitative comparative content analysis of gender roles in both Frozen I and II. The study of the two films in a broad content analysis of gender through 4 codes of emotion, traditional gender traits, role within the film, and the aesthetic perception of the characters. Language is used to pluck out the occurrences of … Continue reading Scheffer-Wentz (2020) Let it Go: A Critical Comparative Analysis of the Modern-Day Female Protagonist Based on Disney’s Frozen and Frozen II
Sheikh (2017) Stereotypical gender representations in Chhota Bheem
Explores stereotypical gender representations in both male and female characters in children’s animation Chhota Bheem. Looks at gender ratios of characters, physical characteristics and language of selected dialogues. Largely qualitative analysis, with a focus on the linguistics of chosen dialogues from the programme and how they reflect hegemonic gender stereotypes through critical discussion. This paper … Continue reading Sheikh (2017) Stereotypical gender representations in Chhota Bheem
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
Wiersma (2000) The gendered world of Disney
Examines the presentation of stereotypical gender-roles in sixteen animated Disney films. Traits observed included physical appearance, employment, societal/familial power and character traits. Mostly qualitative analysis, including discussions about relevant scenes/characters that fit particular point of analysis. No detailed linguistic analysis but would be useful for a general overview on how a large sample of Disney’s … Continue reading Wiersma (2000) The gendered world of Disney