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1. 1. Walt Disney’s Moana, “We are Polynesia” : A CDA of Disney’s representation of the Polynesian culture inside Moana

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Melanie Nauta; [2018]
   Keywords : Disney; Moana; Culture; Disneyfication; Americanisation; Cultural appropriation; Critical Discourse Analysis; Polynesia;

   Abstract : Disney is known for their family animation movies with a non-western or indigenous cultural background. Nevertheless, Disney is basically very influential for the perception of cultures by a global audience. Many studies have proven that Disney’s depiction of a certain represented culture has not always been that clean. READ MORE