MDSC01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Machismo, Supermodel, Frontierland
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Classic disney films of 1990"s (giroux and pollock 104-112) So the way gender identity has been constructed for girls and women is one of the most controversial issues in disney films. An interesting trend to notice in most of the older disney films, is that the women were always subordinate to men. The main character: ariel is modelled after an anorexic barbie doll. She struggles against parental control, which is motivated by the desire to explore the human world. Freedom , ariel makes a pact with the sea witch, ursula, in which she trades her voice for a pair of legs, so she can pursue the classic, handsome white prince , eric. Ariel, then starts becoming a metaphor for the traditional housewife in the making. Ariel couldn"t speak since she trader her voice was for legs and this started promoting a notion that,
