Essays about: "Skönheten och Odjuret"
Found 2 essays containing the words Skönheten och Odjuret.
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1. Curses, Ogres and Lesbians : An Examination of the Subversion and Perpetuation of Fairy Tale Norms in Two Adaptations of Beauty and The Beast
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudierAbstract : Fairy tales as a form of social acculturation can subvert and/or perpetuate potentially harmful social norms. In this essay, Chris Anne Wolfe’s lesbian romance novel Bitter Thorns (1994) and the film Shrek (2001) are analysed as adaptations of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, with a focus on the extent to which they challenge and/or reinforce three fairy tale norms: women as tradeable objects, heteronormativity and idealised beauty. READ MORE
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2. From Snow White to Frozen : An evaluation of popular gender representation indicators applied to Disney’s princess films
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikationAbstract : Simple content analysis methods, such as the Bechdel test and measuring percentage of female talk time or characters, have seen a surge of attention from mainstream media and in social media the last couple of years. Underlying assumptions are generally shared with the gender role socialization model and consequently, an importance is stated, due to a high degree to which impressions from media shape in particular young children’s identification processes. READ MORE