Conclusion / Annotated Bibliography

Disney films are a big force in creating children’s childhood culture. It gets the most success through its images of innocence, magic and fun (Mickey Mouse Monopoly). Its animated films are praised for their natural family entertainment. Oddly enough, Disney films are approved by teachers and parents and especially children even though there might be these subliminal messages. Many children have grown up with Disney. Disney has a way of getting people and children to think there is only one “ultimate fantasy” (Mickey Mouse Monopoly). Even products of Disney have a big influence on children development. H.G. Furth and S.R. Kane did a detailed analysis of a single but extended episode of pretend play on the part of three girls to demonstrate that such play not only develops social skills but also shows how the girls are able to incorporate various cultural stereotypes, roles, and traditions into their play (Good Girls & Wicked Witches). By watching all these movies it unconsciously tells the children that they have to play through the movie. When you don’t allow children to explore themselves and create imagination you are ultimately depriving them of what the need to develop as a person. Examples such as those mentioned above point out that psychological observation of normal children at play offer substantial backing to the notion that children develop a definite sense of gender-appropriate roles at comparatively young ages (Good Girls & Wicked Witches).

Annotated Bibliography

Bell, Elizabeth, Lynda Haas, and Laura Sells. From Mouse to Mermaid: the Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1995. Print.

This book is relevant because it uncovers the politics, gender and culture throughout the Disney films. This source provides evidence for my project and will allow me to provide good examples.

Davis, Amy M. Good Girls and Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation. Eastleigh, U.K.: John Libbey, 2006. Print.

This book was relevant because it discusses how human female characters have been represented during the first 70 years of Disney animation. The book also looked at the construction of female characters and their representation of femininity. It provides evidence how Disney films both reflect and shape the attitudes of society.

Lyrics, Albums, Songs, Artists and More Music | LetsSingIt. Web. Nov. 2010. .

I used this website to get the lyrics to two songs for my blog. The first song was Swingdance from the Jungle Book. This song shows how King Louie is singing as though he was an African American wanting to me a normal person. The next lyrics are from the song Arabian Nights from the movie Aladdin. The song Arabian Nights had a racial meaning behind it and Disney chose to pick the racist version anyway.

Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood & Corporate Power. Dir. Miguel Picker. Media Education Foundation, 2002. Free View Documentaries. Free View Documentaries. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. .

This documentary was relevant because it explored Disney’s representation of gender and race throughout Disney’s films. This film provided great examples and real clips from the movies for support. The film also had interviews with numerous professor and even children to again support their research.

Olfman, Sharna. The Sexualization of Childhood. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009. Print.

This source was somewhat useful. It had a small section about how Disney is a commercialized threat to creative play in young kids. It also discussed how Disney has an influence of young children’s path to self realization.

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 03 Nov. 2010. .

I found this website useful to help with finding out more information on the Disney movies I was looking into. I used this site to look up the characters, and the voices of the characters. The website also gave me a biography about the characters as well.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. November 2010

I used the video clip “Jasmine Kisses Jafar” from the movie Aladdin because it shows how Jasmine seduces Jafar to distract him from seeing Aladdin sneak in.

I used the clip of a song in the Jungle Book. This song shows how King Louie is singing as though he was an African American wanting to me a normal person. This allowed my audience to listen to the song while looking at the lyrics.

I used the clip of a song from the movie Aladdin. The song Arabian Nights had a racial meaning behind it and Disney chose to pick the racist version anyway. This allows my audience to see the original version of the lyrics and redone lyrics while listening to the song.

I used a video clip from the movie Oliver And Company to show how Disney gives Latino characters a bad image. There is a scene in the movie where Tito suggests stealing a car. This could be giving children a sense that Latino people are supposed to know how to steal cars.

I used the video clip “Lion King Hyena Funny Moments” from the movie the Lion King because the hyenas’ voices were representing African Americans and Latinos.