Coursework ideas

Are Disney Princesses in actual fact role models to younger generations?

http://www.ranker.com/list/7-disney-princesses-that-make-the-worst-role-models/molly-mahan?format=SLIDESHOW&page=1 - analysis as to why the princesses aren't feminist and are bad role models.

http://micechat.com/71968-feminism-and-disney-princesses/ - an analysis as to why they are role models and very feminist.

-                      Ask a little girl if the scene where they sing “A Girl Worth Fighting For” where Mulan says “a girl who speaks her mind” and the men respond “Nah!” is supposed to be taken seriously, 99.99% of them will look at you like your crazy. 

-                    Oh, Mulan. She’s meant to be non-offensive, and she ends up being not-anything. Despite claims to the contrary, she’s not a feminist hero. She has to dress as a boy to achieve selfhood, and refuses political influence in order to return to the domestic constraints of her father and husband-to-be. The movie itself doesn’t even pass the Bechdel test, if you consider that the only topic the other female characters discuss is Mulan’s marriageability – a hypothetical relationship with a man. The final defeat of the antagonist is achieved by the male Mushu riding on a phallic firecracker, as Mulan flails helplessly at his feet. Positive female role model? Case closed.

-                 For my final piece of analysis I wanted to look at the ending after Mulan saved the entire city from the Hun’s. She is offered a job by the Emperor as the Emperor’s consul in which she refuses so she can return home and be with her family. This was the most shocking moment because she had the chance to be empowered beyond many men and yet she decided to return home. This gave me the speculation of her in the end playing into the stereotype of what women should be like: homemakers.

http://thesnarkwhohuntsback.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/things-feminists-hate-disney-princesses-mulan/ - feminists issues on the movie 'Mulan'.

http://feministtruths.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/disney-princesses-capitalism-and.html - against capitalism of disney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyVNDti2Fg - video on deconstructing disney 'happily never after'

http://rmonaleza.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/the-paradigm-of-the-disney-princess/ - very in depth article of the change from oldto new disney, taking on issues such as ethnical and feminist views.


-         Men want girls with good taste

Calm

Obedient 

Who work fast-paced 

With good breeding 

And a tiny waist 

You'll bring honor to us all (youll bring honor to us all lyrics)
-        Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons? (make a man out of you lyrics)
-        How 'bout a girl who's got a brain 

Who always speaks her mind? 

Nah! (a girl worth fighting for lyrics)
http://www.fpx.de/fp/Disney/Lyrics/Mulan.html - mulan lyrics

https://sites.google.com/site/disneyprincessproject/home/how-gender-is-constructed - blog posts on disney princesses affecting self esteem and gratifying gender roles

http://www.scoop.it/t/the-effects-of-the-feminist-movements-on-the-disney-princesses - list of articles all relating to disney princesses and feminism

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/05/30/the_merchandising_for_brave_breaks_the_mold_of_the_disney_princess_while_still_appealing_to_girls_.html - how brave is marketed in shops

http://ldeare1.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/38/ - a whole new world of consumerism