Good Girls and Wicked Witches : Changing Representations of Women in Disney's Feature Animation, 1937-2001 /

In Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis re-examines the notion that Disney heroines are rewarded for passivity. Davis proceeds from the assumption that, in their representations of femininity, Disney films both reflected and helped shape the attitudes of the wider society, both at the time of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Amy M. (Amy Michele)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, IN : Distributed in North America by Indiana University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Disney, Walt, > 1901-1966.
Disney, Walt, > 1901-1966 > Criticism and interpretation.
Disney, Walt, > 1901-1966 > Characters > Women.
Walt Disney (Firma)
Walt Disney Productions.
Walt Disney Company.
Animerad film.
Kvinnor på film.
Flickor/kvinnor.
Barnfilm.
Kvinnor i filmen.
Film > kvinnobilden.
Trickfilm.
Motiv (Kunst)
Geschichte.
Frauenbild.
Frau.
Vrouwen.
Animatiefilms.
Women in motion pictures.
Women in literature.
Animated films.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Femmes au cinema.
Personnages de Disney > Aspect social.
Disney characters > Social aspects.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Film as a cultural mirror
  • A brief history of animation
  • The early life of Walt Disney and the beginnings of the Disney Studio, 1901-1937
  • Disney films 1937-1967 : the "classic" years
  • Disney films 1967-1988 : the "middle" era
  • Disney films 1989-2005 : the "Eisner" era
  • Conclusion.

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