Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: List Of The Little Mermaid Characters, Tomboy, Disney Princess

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

How would you compare these representations to the new. Man form of masculinity found in the pixar reading assigned for today"s class: make note of the role that race plays throughout the film. Giselle takes up less and less space, women are taught to take up as little space as possible, she doesn"t fit into nyc, then she"s wearing a sleek gown with sleek hair. Black women are angry (bus driver, in the lawyer"s office) Gentleness and goodness defined by lack of resistance to her stepfamily. Does not act, only reacts and remains kind and gentle the perfect (passive) girl. No voice or control, no notion of selfhood. Dream that someday my prince will come . Obedient and powerless, she sleeps through the story as others battle out her future for her. Dream to explore and understand her own frustration (bet you on land they understand!) Willful and disobedient, follows her dream against father"s wishes.