The Disney Princess Phenomenon

A Feminist Analysis

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by Robyn Muir

Type

Studies

Subject

Studio > Disney Studios

Keywords

Disney, women, feminism

Publishing date

2023

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches (16 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-5292-2209-8

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Book Presentation:
The Disney Princesses are a billion-dollar industry, known and loved by children across the globe.

Robyn Muir provides an exploratory and holistic examination of this worldwide commercial and cultural phenomenon in its key representations: films, merchandising and marketing, and park experiences. Muir highlights the messages and images of femininity found within the Disney Princess canon and provides a rigorous and innovative methodology for analysing gender in media.

Including an in-depth examination of each princess film from the last 83 years, the book provides a lens through which to view and understand how Disney Princesses have contributed to the depiction of femininity within popular culture.

About the Author:
Robyn Muir is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Surrey. She has researched and published on the images of femininity within the Disney Princess Phenomenon, using facet methodology to explore the different areas of the wide ranging facets of the princesses. She is the founder and leader of the Disney, Culture and Society Research Network.

Press Reviews:
"This engaging and thought-provoking book will intrigue not only scholars but also anyone who has ever been, or is the parent of, a child infatuated with Disney princesses." Rainbow Murray, Queen Mary University of London

"An excellent study of the Disney Princess Phenomenon and its merchandising machine - a must-read for anyone wondering why it has been so important to so many over the last 30-plus years." Amy Davis, University of Hull

See the publisher website: Bristol University Press