Disney's Approach to Racial Representation: Superficial Changes or Genuine Cultural Engagement?
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Racial Representation, Cultural Engagement, Disney, The Little Mermaid, Encoding and DecodingAbstract
This paper explores Disney's approach to racial representation in its films, focusing on whether changes are superficial or reflect genuine cultural engagement. Using Stuart Hall's theory of encoding and decoding, this study examines the impact of character changes in "The Little Mermaid" (2023) on cultural representation.
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