This Friday, Jennifer Miller will be presenting the following colloquium from noon-12:50 p.m. in C-1018:
Letting Go of the Perfect Girl: Disney and the Representation of Women
Many people have long been critical of the representation of women and girls in Disney’s classic movies. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, and Cinderella—all these women are examples of passive princesses who sit around (or sleep), waiting for Prince Charming to come rescue them. In recent years, however, with movies such as Tangled (2010), Brave (2012), and most recently, Frozen (2013), things seem to be changing. The heroines of these movies are more active, taking their fates into their own hands. Some of these movies even avoid the traditional love story, focusing instead on relationship between family and friends.
But have things really changed? Has Disney really let go of the idea of the stereotypical, “perfect” princess? In this colloquium, Normandale English professor Jennifer Miller will examine the representation of women in Disney’s Frozen to see if characters such as Anna and Elsa really are an improvement over princesses like Cinderella and Ariel.
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