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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.12.380

Performative Gender Identity of Women in Disney Animations  

Ryu, Da-Young (Division of Global Languages Liberal Arts School, Jungwon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.12, 2019 , pp. 380-389 More about this Journal
Abstract
Animation is a medium that can be enjoyed by many age groups, and it often reflects the discourse and ideology of the time. Therefore, studying the tendency of gender identity as it is expressed in animations is meaningful as a process to understand current trends. Therefore, I examined how the female characters' performative gender identity has been expressed in Disney animations and how it has changed. Disney animations have stuck to dichotomous gender performance, with men playing active and adventurous roles, while women play submissive and passive roles. Disney began to deviate slightly from the dichotomous gender performance through "Pocahontas" and "Mullan", which emphasized the heroic role of women. However, these animations have been limited in the way that love stories between men and women make up the main theme. In "Frozen", however, women actively explored their lives by overcoming these limitations, and expressed their happiness through sisterhood rather than love between men and women. Therefore, "Frozen," which expresses an active female character who sets up her own kingdom as an independent entity, is meaningful in that it has demonstrated the changed gender performance.
Keywords
Disney Animation; Female Character; Frozen; Gender Identity; Gender Performance;
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