Construction Of The Female Self Summary
analytical Essay
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Rim Alfatayri – 200904762
Contemporary Culture – Fall 2014
Construction of the Female Self– Response
In the article Construction of the Female Self: Feminist Readings Of the Disney Heroine, Jill Birmie Henke, Diane Zimmerman Umble, and Nancy J. Smith are looking at the female self and how it was developed based on two theories: Standpoint by Parker Follet and the psychological development of girls by Gilligam. That by examines gender identity especially girls and how media exposure affects them through analyzing five of Disney movies: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Pocahontas. They segmented the article into three titles: The Oxymoron of Power and the Perfect Girl where they introduced the two theories in which they built their critic on, Construction of the Female Self where they talk about the evolution in the female character from Cinderella to Pocahontas, and Construction of Self in Relation to Others where they talk about the evolution of the self in relation to others from power-over to power-with until power-to. Finally they concluded that even if the female character in Disney’s movies was changing to become more
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In beauty and the beast we have for the first time a female character that is different and “ Belle likes herself and trust her own judgment” (Henks, Umble and Smith 1996, p. 237), and refuse what was planned for her. Belle was the first character not to fall in love from the first sight and occupies almost 80 percent of the movie. She has a better control on her life and choose her own destiny and she was powerful enough to save her father’s and the beast’s lives. And this relation represents a power-with the male character. The problem was that at the end, Belle ended up being one typical princess and being again the perfect girl that live with her prince happily ever
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how jill birmie henke, diane zimmerman umble, and nancy j. smith are looking at the female self and how it was developed based on standpoint by parker follet and the psychological development of girls by gilligam.
- Explains that s of this article are all professors in millersville university and all have a phd degree, and nancy j. smith is the director of women’s studies at the university.
- Analyzes how the writers mention the psychological development that talks about the invention of the "perfect girl" who is always kind and good and happy and quite.
- Analyzes how jill birmie henke, diane zimmerman umble, and nancy j. smith are looking at the female self and how it was developed based on standpoint by parker follet and the psychological development of girls by gilligam.
- Explains that s of this article are all professors in millersville university and all have a phd degree, and nancy j. smith is the director of women’s studies at the university.
- Analyzes how the writers mention the psychological development that talks about the invention of the "perfect girl" who is always kind and good and happy and quite.
- Analyzes how disney movies kept the idea of the princess fall in love with charming prince. although the female is the main character, she always looks powerless, dependant and weak.
- Analyzes how ariel's voice was shut down despite the change in the little mermaid.
- Analyzes how belle is the first character not to fall in love and occupies almost 80 percent of the movie. she has a better control on her life and chooses her own destiny.
- Analyzes how pocahontas was strong defending her identity far from a marriage. disney stressed on the importance of the family relationship and sacrifices that girl can make to protect her family.
- Analyzes how disney is changing the role of the girl in her movies to respond to social changes, but the idea of "perfect girl" still exists. "brave", where the female character is strong, independent, and proves that can survive without a man, will give us hope that finally disney's movies start to take the side of women.
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- Analyzes how princesses in disney movies are portrayed to be one dimensional and have the same talents and ambitions. they are all kind, beautiful, helpful, naive, and overall the ideal women.
- Analyzes how sexuality plays a large role in cinderella, sleeping beauty, the little mermaid, and snow white and the seven dwarfs, thus contributing to sexism.
- Analyzes how the images from snow white and the seven dwarfs, cinderella, the little mermaid and sleeping beauty reflect the values held in the 1900s.
- Analyzes how the stereotypical portrayal of disney princesses emphasizes the sexism in the films. diversity is not explored in any of these films, whether it be about race, weight, character development or personality.
1820 wordsRead More - Gender and Violenceanalytical essayWe can see that throughout the making of Disney movies the gender images have not evolved to match the changes in our society now, they have stayed stereotypical and similar to when Disney movies were first made in 1937 (Towbin et al 2003). In studies of 16 different Disney movies Mia Towbin (2003) and others
In this essay, the author
- Opines that disney movies captured our attention with their good morals and successful conclusions of finding their true love.
- Analyzes how disney movies portray that women should be domestic workers and not have careers outside of the house.
- Argues that domestic violence is a serious problem that should not be romanticized or taken lightly within this film or any other disney film.
- Opines that disney movies captured our attention with their good morals and successful conclusions of finding their true love.
- Analyzes how disney movies portray that women should be domestic workers and not have careers outside of the house.
- Argues that domestic violence is a serious problem that should not be romanticized or taken lightly within this film or any other disney film.
- Analyzes how disney movies depicted masculinity and femininity for both the princesses and the princes. disney stereotyping women to care more about their outer beauty and domesticity is not good for girls.
- Analyzes how disney's cinderella is a film of child abuse. it brainwashes young female viewers into believing that if they mimic the damsel in distress, they too will win their prince.
- Opines that adults should be more careful and knowledgeable about what their young children are watching and learning from disney movies.
- Explains towbin, mia a, shelley a. haddock, toni s. zimmerman, lori k. lund, and litsa r. tanner.
1601 wordsRead More - Gender Identity In Walt Disney Moviesanalytical essayDisney movies, which can be seen as very strong influences on impressionable children, seem to unequivocally present the romantic lives of princesses. In every film, the audience watches a beautiful princess almost fall into a moment of danger, if not for the charming prince, quick to rescue her. Yet, at a deeper level, we see that Disney Films are vehicles of powerful gender ideologies creating. Disney, through its movies, has the power to create a generational time frame of attitudes and beliefs in future gender definitions and gender roles for billions of young girls and female adolescents around the
In this essay, the author
- Explains that fairy tales have existed for hundreds of years to impart lessons to young children and teach them the importance of certain behaviors, thoughts or attitudes necessary for cultural success.
- Analyzes how a young girl's journey into adulthood is constrained by the constructed ideals of femininity perpetuated by cultural traditions, education, and media.
- Analyzes how disney's movies are powerful gender ideologies creating a generational time frame of attitudes and beliefs in future gender definitions and gender roles for billions of young girls and female adolescents around the world.
- Explains that fairy tales have existed for hundreds of years to impart lessons to young children and teach them the importance of certain behaviors, thoughts or attitudes necessary for cultural success.
- Analyzes how a young girl's journey into adulthood is constrained by the constructed ideals of femininity perpetuated by cultural traditions, education, and media.
- Analyzes how disney's movies are powerful gender ideologies creating a generational time frame of attitudes and beliefs in future gender definitions and gender roles for billions of young girls and female adolescents around the world.
- Explains the aim of this paper is to examine the kinds of gendered ideas that disney films has projected to young women with regard to femininity and how they construct very specific judgments about what is or is not desirable in females in their animated movies.
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