Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation

Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation /

Show other versions (2)

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Davis, Amy M. (Amy Michele)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Eastleigh, U.K. : Bloomington, IN : John Libbey Publishing ; Distributed in North America by Indiana University Press, 2006
Subjects:
Disney, Walt, > 1901-1966 > Characters > Women.
Disney, Walt, > 1901-1966 > Criticism and interpretation.
Walt Disney Productions.
Walt Disney Company.
Disney characters > Social aspects.
Women in motion pictures.
Animated films.
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.

Similar Items