Young girls’ perception of beauty in disney princesses’ movies

Nor Jijidiana, Azmi and Radzuwan, Ab Rashid and Zanirah, Wahab (2017) Young girls’ perception of beauty in disney princesses’ movies. In: International Conference on Media and Communication-17, 20 November 2017, Marriott Hotel, Putrajaya.

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Abstract

The Disney princesses’ characters are icons for young girls. Their admiration towards the characters can be seen through their preference in movies selection and also their familiarity of each character in Disney animated films. Concern occurs when Disney animated films are always associated with beauty is good stereotype. The protagonists in the movies are always associated with beauty and positive qualities while the antagonist posses all the negative traits. Thus this study is conducted to 1) identify how young girls in Malaysian context justify beauty based on Disney princess characters and 2) whether they are influenced with the stereotypical ideology that Disney represented – beauty is good. An interview was conducted with 10 participants aged 4 to 6 years old in a kindergarten in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Finding of the interview shows that the young girls define beauty in physical appearance and positive traits.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Languages & Communication
Depositing User: Muhammad Akmal Azhar
Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2020 07:56
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2020 07:05
URI: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/id/eprint/942

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