Investigates female characters’ linguistic features in three animated Disney princess films from the 1990’s. Includes a quantitative analyses of the linguistic features of the princess’ speech whilst also providing qualitative analyses to consider these features in context through excerpts from the scripts. This study would be useful for those who are interested in stereotypical feminine … Continue reading Al-Yasin and Rabab’ah (2021) Female Disney characters’ linguistic features in the 1990’s
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Azmi et al. (2016) Gender and speech in a Disney princess movie
Investigates the female characters in Disney’s animated film ‘Frozen’ to see if their language use reflects the film’s modernised portrayal of princesses. 32 scenes are analysed and chosen according to their balance of male-female dialogues. Four characteristics of female speech (empty adjectives, hedges, intensifiers and questions) are examined both qualitatively and quantitatively. This paper would … Continue reading Azmi et al. (2016) Gender and speech in a Disney princess movie
Bergman (2015) Happily ever after
Investigates the development of the use of stereotypical feminine language over the span of 60 years in Disney’s Cinderella (1950) and Tangled (2010). Mostly quantitative data analysis focusing on the frequency of stereotypical feminine language features identified in both films. Considers context in the discussion of the results. This paper would be useful for those … Continue reading Bergman (2015) Happily ever after
Bertović (2019) Gender differences in Disney princess movies
Examines the speech of male and female characters and how language features have changed over time in six Disney films from 1950-2016. There is qualitative analysis of specific linguistic features across each film with script excerpts being provided where appropriate. Politeness/impoliteness features are also examined. Quantitative analysis provides a general insight into how language use … Continue reading Bertović (2019) Gender differences in Disney princess movies
Blush (2021) Bending the Elementary: Queering Gender and Sexuality in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Beyond
Looks at the role of television in constructing gender for children and reinforcing traditional gender roles, especially Judith Butler’s “heterosexual matrix”, with lexical analysis of how characters do and don’t escape it. Investigates the ways in which Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005-2008) either upholds or subverts the dichotomies of gender and sexuality, by analyzing the … Continue reading Blush (2021) Bending the Elementary: Queering Gender and Sexuality in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Beyond
Campanelli (2019) Gender Nonconformity and Lesbianism in the Magical Girl Genre
Explores conventions of the “Magical Girl” and “Good Witch” tropes within the Shojo/Shoujo genre. Covers older representations of heteronormativity, gender conformity and nonconformity in the 90s, analysing a variety of animes from this genre. Focuses on the demonization of “butchness” and lesbianism as well as the sexualization of adolescent protagonists, through semantic and pragmatic analysis. … Continue reading Campanelli (2019) Gender Nonconformity and Lesbianism in the Magical Girl Genre
El Chami (2020) Gender and race representation in Disney
Takes an intersectional approach through content analysis of three Disney princess films from 2009-2016 featuring female leads of different races. Examines stereotypical women’s language forms (specifically empty adjectives, super polite forms and interruptions) seen in cross-sex interactions between female leads and male characters. Examples from scripts are provided. Results also consider the racial differences between … Continue reading El Chami (2020) Gender and race representation in Disney
Finley (2023) Defamiliarizied Gender in the Works of Hayao Miyazaki
Argues that Miyazaki’s films portray unconventionally strong female protagonists through defamiliarization, stating that the films Spirited Away and Kiki’s Delivery Service borrow from and rejects elements of Japanese culture to create characters and settings that evoke the defamiliarization of gender, e.g. in genderbent references to folklore and historical figures. Contains close analysis of the original … Continue reading Finley (2023) Defamiliarizied Gender in the Works of Hayao Miyazaki