The Influence of Patriarchal Consciousness on Disney Princess Movies
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Patriarchal ideology Disney Princess movies, Feminism, Female dilemma Gender discourse construction.Abstract
Based on the background of the three great waves of feminism in the United States, this article examines the transformation of the image of the princess in Disney films, analyses the association between patriarchal consciousness and Disney princess films through the literature research method of studying Disney princess films literature, provides a basis for the general laws derived through the case study method of the specific analysis of specific films, and provides an interpretation of the plight of women under patriarchy, thus finding that in Disney The princess image in Disney films actually weakens the objective dilemmas experienced by women in reality, but instead creates new anxieties for the female community. This paper attempts to re-examine Disney princess films from a modern feminist perspective, helping the reader to divest herself of a perspective dominated by patriarchal consciousness and to become aware of issues that have not been generally recognized in the Disney princess series.
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