Gender Roles Of A Young Girl Saving China From The Huns

For many generations, Disney has been a powerhouse in movie making for children and families. Being so young, many children do not understand, nor see, the deeper meanings throughout the films. The parents of these children let their kids watch these movies without realizing that the movies could dictate how the child will think as they grow up. The Lion King is one of the many Disney films portraying ideas that viewers may not realize exist within the movie. Sociological theorists, including Max Weber (1864-1920), have drawn ideas that can very well allow us to perceive the true meanings behind the ideas within the films. Depicting the characters, language, and settings through movies, like The Lion King, will help one analyze the concepts and theories for a better and deeper understanding.

Mulan, a children’s movie that reaches deep seeded problems in society, scratching the surface of gender roles and expected statuses that cannot be obtained. Mulan is expected to become the perfect wife and do everything she can to find a husband to take care of but on the other hand, she realizes that she is not good at being a wife and she cannot complete her expected tasks accordingly. After all of the drama that occurs in her own life, her family life becomes disturbed by her father being drafted back into the military even though he is hurt and unable to complete his duties. Mulan takes it upon herself to ease some of the stress on her family and run away to join the military in her father’s place. In Mulan’s mind, she has not only corrected her situation of disappointing her mother by not being a perfect wife, she is also helping out her father by ensuring his safety of not going back into the military. Mulan represents not only conflict theory, but addresses the feminist and the critical theory. Cultures, sub cultures and counter cultures also

“Slaying the Dragon” by Deborah Gee is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ‘50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American anchorwoman of today. The movie also shows how stereotypes of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American women.

"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: 'It's a girl.'"

Through the eyes of the general public we see The Lion King as an entertainment asset but in the eyes of Gail Robertson; a diverse ethnicity towards characters is pointed out. After watching Disney's The Lion King under critical analysis, assumptions can be made that many characters grouped together are by race. In Robertson's Snow Whitey? Stereotyping in the Magical Kingdom, he bashes the fact that within Disney movies “a world filled with racism, sexism, ageism and heterosexism” (42) has to be viewed by the parents in order to understand Disney’s views on each stereotype.

The world of Disney it is not necessarily magic for everyone. In Western popular culture there is an endless buffet serving stereotypical ideologies for racially marked women. The media often relies on representation of articulation of ethnic women as animalistic, inferior and outside the natural. Films tend to utilize signifiers that express race, class and gender to develop characters. For this assignment, I have chosen to critically analyze Disney’s (1992) Aladdin; this movie exemplifies the racialization of female bodies through visual illustrations that reinforce ideas of stereotypical roles of Middle Eastern that have been over-looked through the eyes of children. Aladdin; is considered a modern example of Edward Said’s concept of orientalism from a Western perspective. In this paper I will examine how Disney’s Aladdin perpetuates ideas of ‘othering’ through orientalism, over-sexualized characters and reinforces islamophobia.

Many westerners critique the African way of life. Polygamous marriages in particular are a no-no, although these marriages actually have several advantages. Westerners also commonly blame the African countries’ governments for gender inequality, but Nnaemeka argues that patriarchy is to blame for gender inequality. The social customs that women adopt in order to please men and fit into society may also be to blame for the stress that many women feel. Women characters in O Herói, The Night of Truth, and Flame all try to keep up their physical appearances, nurture children, and follow men to an extent. Nonetheless, some of the same women characters that adhere to some social rules also break some of the social rules. Each director is trying to show African women in a new light. Despite the fact that one’s job should not be assigned based on gender, women are more likely to care for soldiers hiding out than actually fighting in wars. They still are in danger during war, however, and they account for many of the (civilian) deaths caused by war. Even those that are not killed put their lives in jeopardy when they allow soldiers to hide out. Women are probably the most important gender/sex of human beings. They can do many things that men do as well as things that men cannot do. If anything, the social structure should be

To complete this sociological journey I used the concepts from chapters 3,4,5, and 8 of the textbook Sociology: A Brief Introduction, 11th ed. by Richard T. Schaefer. Mulan is a Disney movie character that has to face many sociological problems that threaten her physically and sociologically. Her social role is to become an obedient wife to her future husband, but Mulan just could not conform to the gender role that was expected of her, thus creating a role conflict. And as the movie progresses Mulan refuses to give into the norms of China and instead trusts in her values and takes on the duty of protecting her significant others from the war against the Huns. In the process of training. She isn’t given many life chances because of her being apart of the group known as women and men don’t respect or understand this group. Mulan meets Li Shang, who has the achieved status of captain, but some soldiers believe that the title of captain is an ascribed status because of the status of his father. This causes conflict and insubordination between the captain and the soldiers. Mulan takes on the personality of Ping to hide her identity and this action eventually has severe consequences due to the impersonation of a soldier being a very serious crime that could’ve brought on a fatal punishment, but she was spared due to her heroics later on. This is her journey from a girl to a soldier.

Mulan is a Disney animated film that takes place in ancient China during Han Dynasty War. Mulan is a young girl in China, the only child of her honored family who struggles to find her identity and meaning in society. While Mulan is a lovable, spirited girl who doesn’t fit in with Chinese tradition because she speaks her mind and follow her heart. Being a girl who experience culture, gender role, and self-image demonstrated what a non- tradition person will do to bring honor to her love one’s and the family.

Ever since Disney films were first produced, it has been obvious that they are non-representative of the population, and that these films often reinforce stereotypes for people of color. The films Aladdin, The Lion King, and Pocahontas all fall into the trap of misrepresenting the culture of other groups of people besides those who are white. This mistake, whether intentional or not is partially due to the misinterpretation of history, cultural traditions and the norms of non-Western societies. These three films all show that Disney filmmakers reproduced stereotypes related to people of color, distorted the traditional culture of non-white groups, and harmed those affected by these flaws in the films.

I 've always been Mulan. Ever since I was a child and my friends and I would claim what Disney Princess we would embody in our role playing games, I would always be designated the role of Mulan. There would also always be a Caucasian friend that would make a comment like, "oh you know...for obvious reasons." The reason was obvious. I was Asian. While every other Caucasian girl had a range of choices ranging from Belle, to Snow White, to Cinderella, to Ariel, I was limited to one princess. It wasn 't as if being designated to an empowered female character that saves China was the problem, the problem was the lack of representation that presented itself to me at such a young age. For all the adolescent African-American children, they only have Tiana from Princess and the Frog. All the young Native American children can only personally identify as Pocahontas. While little Middle Eastern children only have Jasmine from Aladdin. It seems as if producers would create a token princess to encompass the entire minority and see that as being progressive, but then they’ll design another blonde haired-blue eyed princess named Elsa and she’s deemed revolutionary by the masses. As I grew older, I began to notice the whitewashing of characters in the media, and an absence of minority representation in entertainment.The absence of minority faces among Caucasian saturated casts highlights the prevalent issue of intrinsic racism in modern day entertainment

In brief, this study discusses about the representation of orientalism idea which is portrayed in the film Avatar. The film tells about the conflict between human and native people in Planet Pandora, where human exploits the land and oppresses the native. This study explores in what way the idea of orientalism is represented and how both narrative and non-narrative aspects of the film helped in delivering that representation.

Society has placed this norm on women insisting that the only way to bring honor to the family is to marry off and live a life in the constant shadows of their prearranged husband. As Mulan fails this test of bridal readiness, she realizes that she does not fit the typical gender role that society has placed upon her. Her life was predestined to be simple just as Lieberman states, “the beautiful girl does not have to do anything to merit being chosen; she does not have to show pluck, resourcefulness, or wit; she is chosen because she is beautiful,” but this lifestyle does not fit with who Mulan is as a person.

China, located in East Asia, is the third largest country by area and the largest

It can be said that the patriarchal values of the Vietnamese society stems from the deep influences of the Confucian way of life. Confucian beliefs care little for the diversity of a female in society. There are three main focuses: their roles as wives, daughters and mothers. They also have three moral obediences: “towards the father before marriage, the husband when married, and the eldest son when widowed” (Grosse, 2015, p. 257). On the other hand, men would actually be seen as members of society and their relationships as a brother, or as a friend, are