Pocahontas

Disney Princesses started just before World War II with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Next in the line, after the war, it was Cinderella (1950), followed by Sleeping Beauty (1959), The little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Pocahontas (1995), Mulan (1998), Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), Brave (2012), and Frozen (2013). Each of the movies presents a main female character, usually oppressed, and a main male character, usually quite masculine and with a…

organizing. His leadership encourage other students to be on the same side with him. When Bartleby argue with his parents that college is not necessary, he list a series of successful people who are not graduate from colleges, such as Albert Einstein, Pocahontas, Suzanne Somers. Although they did not educated from college, they have talent in other side which cannot learning from schooling. The truth is that not all kids are really fit schooling in college. These people are free to dig into what…

straight to focussing on other often unnoticed dichotomies that shape power relations, such as the reliance on the masculine/feminine divide to effectively sustain the economic trade system. One example of this is her focus on individual women such as Pocahontas and Carmen Miranda. In the case of the latter, Enloe demonstrates how the feminised Latina image was commodified to maintain friendly relations between the US and Latin America and “construct a new, intimate relationship between American…

off, we barely know anything about these princesses except for a couple of facts. One might ask themselves: why? Well, the answer is simple men speak more often than women in Disney’s princess films. From the data collected, we see that Aladdin, Pocahontas, the Little Mermaid, Mulan, and the Beauty and the Beast, the male characters have more than sixty percent dialogue compared to the females (Pudding). Film dialogue reinforces existing stereotypes about gender and race. Men nearly speak more…

favourite tree - for it was around twenty feet in diameter and sat in the middle of the pavement where a large hole had been dug for it alone. With its trailing branches and succulent trunks growing up from the earth in profusion it reminded her of the Pocahontas film. Her mind diverted for a few seconds and she liked to think that the local population had fought the council to preserve this ancient tree which had no doubt been there for over a hundred years or…

the contributions that the Natives contributed to American society. Unless we talk about colonialism and up until the mid 1840s in the west the only time we discuss Native Americans is at Thanksgiving time and when anyone watches the Disney movie Pocahontas. The Natives always had their own and tried not to assimilate into American society, something the slaves had no choice but to do when freed. The Natives tried to keep their Identity while also adapting to the new ideas the settlers forced…

The term gender roles refers to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for individuals of a certain gender. These roles vary by culture. Gender roles, unlike gender itself, are socially constructed. As women our prime role in society is to be loving, understanding and dependent on a man. The Disney film Frozen, really opened a door in the right direction showing female gender roles can be equal to a males. Although, Frozen shows insecurities women go through, it…

My home community and school did little to bolster my cultural knowledge. When asked “what I was” and I told them I’m Indian, my classmates always followed up by questioning if I was “Pocahontas Indian” or “Gandhi Indian.” To others in the school, which I had been attending for close to 8 years, I was referred to as black or was often confused with the girl from Japan. I was asked if I spoke “Indian” and if I was “Hindi.” I was living in…

Throughout my childhood I can recall many memories that made me smile, but the one that I remember most was when my parents told me that we were going to Disneyland for the first time. What made it even more memorable was that it was my very first time on an airplane. I had anticipated this vacation was going to be the best. I clearly recollect that it was a cool, crisp, winter morning when my mom woke me up at 5am. After breakfast, we waited for the Super shuttle to come pick us up for our…

We live in a world with an ever changing society. This society is constantly morphing with new ideals which shape our ideas of core values and concepts. These changes are constantly represented in media and are always adjusting to societies standards. One of the greatest examples of this can be seen within the realm of our dearly beloved Disney princesses, and how they have evolved from the “damsel in distress”, to “feminist on a mission”. The changes that are seen throughout the last 80 years…