Disney's "Mulan". Feminist Ideology in Animation


Essay, 2015

8 Pages, Grade: 2:1


Abstract or Introduction

Animation holds the power to create a narrative of hidden connotations and therefore the ability to distort reality from fairy-tale.
This power has led to animation becoming a key way to express ideologies that go against hegemonies. One of the revolutionary narrative discourses in targeting feminist ideologies is that which redefines traditional characteristics of femininity.

In discovering the influences on media culture and its development we can be drawn to Disney, as a hugely influential and globally popular animation company, specialising in targeting children with the ability to draw adults into its deeper more sinister relations.

Disney’s 1998 film "Mulan" (1999), is a westernised adaptation of the Chinese tale of Hua Mulan, a legendary figure from ancient Chinese culture about a girl who took her weak fathers place to fight in the army, as a ploy to save him from almost certain death.

Details

Title
Disney's "Mulan". Feminist Ideology in Animation
College
University of Portsmouth  (University of Portsmouth)
Course
English and Media Studies Bsc
Grade
2:1
Author
Year
2015
Pages
8
Catalog Number
V302296
ISBN (eBook)
9783668008847
ISBN (Book)
9783668008854
File size
396 KB
Language
English
Notes
This essay was marked by Dr Rebecca Janicker at The University of Portsmouth on the 7th February 2015.
Keywords
Disney, Mulan, Feminism, Judith Butler, idelogy, Chinese tradition, gender
Quote paper
Molly Nicholls (Author), 2015, Disney's "Mulan". Feminist Ideology in Animation, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/302296

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