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Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability

Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability

Cheu, Johnson

Paperback

Literary CriticismFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0786446013
ISBN13: 9780786446018
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 10 2013
Pages: 315
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocahontas to the Asian American boy Russell in Up, from the first African American princess in The Princess and the Frog to Spanish-mode Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3, Disney films have come to both mirror and influence our increasingly diverse society. This essay collection gathers recent scholarship on representations of diversity in Disney and Disney/Pixar films, not only exploring race and gender, but also drawing on perspectives from newer areas of study, particularly sexuality/queer studies, critical whiteness studies, masculinity studies and disability studies. Covering a wide array of films, from Disney's early days and Golden Age to the Eisner era and current fare, these essays highlight the social impact and cultural significance of the entertainment giant.

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