From 12 Disney Princess movies, social life history of American women 80 years
Film and fashion as a social and cultural benchmark, the inevitable with age mark. From 1937 first princess movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" come to the 2013 "Frozen" Hot, twelve princess movies, spanning nearly 80-year era of change, although there is no continuous story of these films on , but there is still a visible clue gleaming: to enhance the development and status of women feminism.
There is no feminist consciousness without brain princess: snow, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty
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Snow apparently still weak nor a brain, she did not show any resistance or independent spirit in the film, in addition to singing and dancing, and small animal friends - after these three characteristics have become the standard for all Disney Princess - is in the forest chased by hunters, casually eating the Queen's poison apple, lying in a coffin waiting to be Prince Wen Xing. Snow beginning to end in a completely passive state, and even her hit song "Someday my prince will come" full of blind optimism and passively wait mentality. Of course, the presence of snow also conform to the historical needs, in 1937 the United States, the Great Depression of the remaining prestige has not faded. Fear of the American people really need such a fairy tale rekindle the faith and courage of their lives, also proved, Snow White born at the right.
Post-feminist era of princesses (The Little Mermaid began, Mulan so far), and finally learned to make men do dream, they dream of becoming like men, even men do do, ride the battlefield, make contributions (at least Mulan is such) . However, a more in-depth feminism, women do not want to become like men (can not deny the differences between men and women physical and mental), but not to a woman and a man showdown, but to put aside examine male to female , the definition of the identity of women by women themselves, thinking their own strengths and weaknesses. Women's dreams should be to please "their" instead of pleasing the patriarchal society. So confident feminists should ask yourself: what "I" want? Among the Disney Princess from 2009 played "The Princess and the Frog" began, including "Tangled" in Rapunzel, "Brave" in Merida, until 2013 "Frozen" in Elsa and Anna, all with this kind of self-consciousness, so I referred to them as "a new era of feminist princess."
From a "Brave" to this part "Frozen", the theme of the film has been transferred to the relationship between women and women up. "Brave" is about her daughter, "Frozen" began to talk sisters. Tablets male role image has become increasingly worse. Princess movies, has increasingly become a "female movie." "Brave" in even a decent prince did not, "Frozen" is the completion of the unprecedented initiative: Prince finally bad, the entire film, became the biggest villain. Has experienced eight years of changing times, the men finally from the "savior", reduced to a "behind"! Women finally realized a long time to suppress the liberation of women, not others, are men!
