Category Archives: Sharon

Women in Disney

I found this interesting clip on youtube about Disney’s portrayals of women and how that might affect their identities. The clip shows mini-clips from Snow White, Cinderella, and The Little Mermaid. [youtube -57zKcmrT6M]      

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Cinder-ella

Keeping up with my disney princess theme, Cinderella is next. Much like Snow White, she lives in a tortured household and requires salvation. This time it is some magical apparition (her fairy god mother) and of course, a prince who … Continue reading

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Snow White: The FAIREST of them all?

Snow White, the first ever Disney Princess to grace the television screen. Her beauty surpasses all others in the land and she is pursued by her evil stepmother, who will do whatever it takes to remain the most beautiful woman … Continue reading

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Performing Butler

This week’s discussion centered on Judith Butler and her article on identity and gender. Butler’s article introduced some very interesting concepts including gender, identity, performing identities. We especially liked that her article was more personal and somewhat relatable than some … Continue reading

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Where did our soul go?

Our group was extremely interested in Jameson and Harvey’s arguments regarding postmodernism effect on art.  Both theorists agree that the art, architecture, and literature that are produced today lacks the depth and soul found in work before postmodernism. Jameson argues … Continue reading

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Can I be a princess? Thanks Disney!

In my introductory post to my individual research journal I focused on Dexter’s Laboratory, a cartoon I, and I am sure most people of this generation, watched when we were younger. While the appeal of analyzing each and every episode … Continue reading

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Mythologies Discussion

Barthes’ writing pushed our group to look deeper into the meaning of things such as holidays, wine, striptease and travel and the myths that surround them. The first essay we discussed was “The Writer on Holiday” and determined that the … Continue reading

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Our Nation: American pop culture obsession?

This week’s cafe discussion was about Our Nation a short documentary about punk rock in South Korea. We all agreed on enjoying the film and how it explained the beginnings and development of punk rock in Seoul, S. Korea. We enjoyed … Continue reading

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The Syrian Uprising

During our discussion our group felt that the ideas of Gramsci and Williams were very applicable to the events currently taking place in Syria.  As Gramsci states in his work a social group’s power is established through two ways: “domination” … Continue reading

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Cartoons: Children’s gateway into the world of culture

When I was young I loved cartoons. Like most young children with a TV in their home, I would return from school, drop my “books”, grab a snack, and plop myself in front of the tube. My siblings and I … Continue reading

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