Women's Studies 2161A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Small Victories, Cognitive Dissonance, Deconstruction

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

Document Summary

Disney enchanted patriotically backlash and nostalgia in a fairy tale film. Created to poke fun at the damsel in distress, villain seeking to destroy them and needing a (cid:373)a(cid:374)l(cid:455) res(cid:272)uer all i(cid:374) a (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)porar(cid:455) stor(cid:455) li(cid:374)e that differs fro(cid:373) the (cid:858)(cid:272)lassi(cid:272)s(cid:859) Main argument: enchanted reinforces previous disney fairy tale ideology and appropriates and reworks folk and fairy tale motifs to support conventional euro-north american views that reinforces the patriarchy. Typifies disney fairy tales in two ways: it representation of women, its socio-cultural perspective. The female protagonist seeks personal fulfillment though romance outcome is marriage but first needs to be rescued. The film offers a world-view built on capitalist, heterosexual and racist assumptions. Two scenarios set the stage for analysis: first (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) e(cid:374)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ted (cid:449)he(cid:374) giselle (cid:449)akes up i(cid:374) o(cid:271)ert(cid:859)s apart(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for the first ti(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d calls the dirty city animals to start cleaning. Giselle si(cid:374)gs a (cid:858)happ(cid:455) (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g so(cid:374)g(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes (cid:449)ith (cid:858)(cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t that fu(cid:374)? (cid:859)