My research is mainly focused on Disney's Frozen, and how this movie emulates feminist ideals. I find this topic interesting because when I first heard about this movie, I initially thought that it was just going to be another Disney princess movie. But when I actually watched it, I was amazed at how different this movie was from the other Disney fairy tales. Frozen introduces a queen-princess duo, which is interesting because it puts a lot, if not total, emphasis on the female characters rather than the males. You have Elsa, the queen and the primary authority figure of the movie, and you have Anna, the princess and the counterbalance to this dynamic relationship. In my opinion, both of these characters are the embodiment of the ideal feministic traits; they are independent, strong, individualistic, and optimistic. And also, this movie introduces a new meaning to the concept of "true love." Prior to the release of this movie, it was a commonly held belief that an act of true is only shared between a man and a woman (a.k.a. the prince and the princess). I mean, this must have been quite a twist for the people who saw this movie; for the first time, true love is not defined by a prince's kiss, but by the love between two sisters. Keeping that in mind, I wanted to dedicate my research to finding out if this movie really is any different from the other Disney princess movies. If so, then Frozen can be a model by which feminists can use to continue to better their lives and their place in society.
My Advice:
1. Utilize your resources. Learn how to use the library database, or how and where to find books and other sources.
2. Pace yourself. Don't rush into the research paper without planning it out first. But most of all, don't put off planning you research paper till the last 2 weeks. Plan ahead once you know your topic and Professor Jenny confirms it. Don't procrastinate!
3. Collaborate. Work with your peers and see what they have to say. Maybe, they might even point you in the right direction.
4. Have fun! Remember, your research paper should be about something that's interesting to you, or something you want to share to other people. The research paper is not really tedious work if you make it into something you enjoy.
Work Cited:
Schanoes, Veronica. Re-visionary Fantasies: Feminism, Fairy Tales, and Myth. n.p.: ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2007.
Greenhill, Pauline. "'The Snow Queen': Queer Coding in Male Directors' Films." Marvels & Tales, 29.1 (2015): 110.
Press, Andrea L, and Tamar Liebes-Plesner. "Feminism and Hollywood: Why the Backlash?." Media Report to Women, 32.1 (2004): 14.
Andersen, Hans Christian. The Snow Queen. Denmark. 1844. Print.
Munford, Rebecca, and Melanie Waters. Feminism and Popular Culture: Investigating the Postfeminist Mystique. Illustrated ed. I.B. Tauris, 2013. 240. Print.
"Disney's Frozen--A Lukewarm Attempt at Feminism." 5 Sept. 2014. Web. 8 May 2015.
Feder, Shira.
"COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Slamming the Door: An Analysis of Elsa (Frozen) - The Feminist Wire." The Feminist Wire. 16 Oct. 2014. Web. 8 May 2015.
Ross, Deborah. “Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination.” Marvels & Tales, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2004), pp. 53-66. Published by: Wayne State University Press. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41388684
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