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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

FromDeconstructing Disney


Sleeping Beauty

FromDeconstructing Disney

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Episode SummaryCan a film with a female protagonist who sleeps more than anything else be considered “feminist”? Erin and Rachel wrestle with this question and more as they discuss Sleeping Beauty (1959), Disney’s third and final princess film until the Disney Renaissance thirty years later. Episode BibliographyButler, L. (2014, November 6). How Sleeping Beauty is Accidentally the Most Feminist Animated Movie Disney Ever Made. Tor.com. https://www.tor.com/2014/11/06/how-sleeping-beauty-is-accidentally-the-most-feminist-animated-movie-disney-ever-made-and-how-maleficent-proves-it/[CKprimeval07]. (2013, July 16). The Making of Sleeping Beauty. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzjJ_XiLLyICrowther, B. (1959, February 18). Screen: ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/18/archives/screen-sleeping-beauty.htmlDastagir, A. E. (2018, March 21). A feminist glossary because we didn’t all major in gender studies. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/feminism-glossary-lexicon-language/99120600/Derr, H. L. (2013, November 13). What really makes a film feminist? The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/what-really-makes-a-film-feminist/281402/Do Rozario, R. C. (2004). The princess and the magic kingdom: Beyond nostalgia, the function of the Disney princess. Women’s Studies in Communication, 27(1), 34-59.England, D. E., Descartes, L., Collier-Meek, M. A. (2011). Gender role portrayal and the Disney princesses. Sex Roles, 64, 555-567. Geronimi, C. (Director). (1959). Sleeping Beauty [Film]. Walt Disney Animation Studios.Hovdestad, W. E., Hubka, D., & Tonmyr, L. (2009). Unwanted personal contact and risky situations in ten Disney animated feature films. Child Abuse Review, 18, 111-126. Murray, N. (2014, October 6). Sleeping Beauty. The Dissolve.https://thedissolve.com/reviews/1118-sleeping-beauty/Ness, M. (2015, July 9). The Last of the Classic Disney Greats: Sleeping Beauty. Tor.com.https://www.tor.com/2015/07/09/the-last-of-the-classic-disney-greats-sleeping-beauty/Ness, M (2015, July 23). The Advent of Xerography: Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Tor.com. https://www.tor.com/2015/07/23/the-advent-of-xerography-disneys-one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians/“Sleeping Beauty”. (1959, January 31). Harrison’s Reports, 41 (5), 18. https://archive.org/stream/harrisonsreports41harr#page/n21/mode/2up"Sleeping Beauty". Harrison's Reports. Vol. 41 no. 5. January 31, 1959. p. 18. Retrieved February 22, 2020 – via Internet Archive.Sleeping Beauty (1959 film). (2020, September 8). In Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_(1959_film)Tóth, Z. A. (2017). Disney’s violent women: In quest of a ‘fully real’ violent woman in American cinema. Brno Studies in English, 43(1), 185-212.
Released:
Oct 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Two life-long Disney fans take on the Disney film catalog, beginning with the animated features, and discuss with a critical lens. New episodes the first Tuesday of every month. @DeconDisney on Twitter.