2,957
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Staying True to Disney: College Students’ Resistance to Criticism of The Little Mermaid

&
Pages 35-55 | Published online: 11 Aug 2010

References

  • Aronson , E. 1992 . The return of the repressed: Dissonance theory makes a comeback . Psychological Inquiry , 3 : 303 – 311 .
  • Aufderheide , P. 1998 . Media education in the ‘90s . Afterimage , 25 (6) : 17
  • Bell , E. , Haas , L. and Sells , L. , eds. 1995 . From mouse to mermaid: The politics of film, gender, and culture , Bloomington : Indiana University Press .
  • Brown , J. A. 1998 . Media literacy perspectives . Journal of Communication , 48 : 44 – 57 .
  • Buckingham , D. 1998 . Media education in the UK: Moving beyond protectionism . Journal of Communication , 48 : 33 – 43 .
  • Buescher , D. and Ono , K. 1996 . Civilized colonialism: Pocahontas as neocolonial rhetoric . Women’s Studies in Communication , 19 : 127 – 153 .
  • Chan , K. and Morley , D. , eds. 1994 . Stuart Hall: Critical dialogues in cultural studies , New York : Routledge .
  • Collins , R. 1992 . “ Media studies: Alternative or oppositional practice? ” . In Media education: An introduction , Edited by: Alvarado , M. and Boyd-Barrett , O. 57 – 62 . London : British Film Institute .
  • Condit , C. 1989 . The rhetorical limits of polysemy . Critical Studies in Mass Communication , 6 : 103 – 122 .
  • Cuomo , C. 1995 . “ Spinsters in sensible shoes: Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks in The Little Mermaid ” . In From mouse to mermaid: The politics of film, gender, and culture , Edited by: Bell , E. , Haas , L. and Sells , L. 212 – 223 . Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press .
  • Ellsworth , E. 1992 . “ Why doesn’t this feel empowering? Working Through the repressive myths of critical pedagogy ” . In Feminism and critical pedagogy , Edited by: Luke , C and Gore , J. 90 – 119 . New York : Routledge .
  • Festinger , L. 1957 . A theory of cognitive dissonance , Evanston, IL : Row Peterson .
  • Fisk , J. 1989 . Extract from Understanding Popular Culture , 50 – 68 . Boston : Unwin Hyman .
  • Friere , P. 1970 . Pedagogy of the Oppressed , New York : Continuum .
  • Giroux , H. 1999 . The mouse that roared: Disney and the end of innocence , Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield .
  • Hall , S. 1980 . “ Encoding/decoding ” . In Culture, media, language Edited by: Hall , S. 129 – 138 .
  • Halloran , J. D. and Jones , M. 1992 . “ The inoculation approach ” . In Media education: An introduction , Edited by: Alvarado , M. and Boyd-Barrett , O. 10 – 13 . London : British Film Institute .
  • Hart , A. 1997 . “ Textual pleasures and moral dilemmas: Teaching media literacy in England ” . In Media literacy in the information age , Edited by: Kubey , R. 199 – 211 . New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction .
  • Hobbs , R. 1998 . The seven great debates in the media literacy movement . Journal of Communication , 48 : 16 – 32 .
  • Hoerrner , K. 1996 . Gender roles in Disney films: Analyzing behaviors from Snow White to Simba . Women’s Studies in Communication , 19 : 213 – 227 .
  • Jenkins , H. 1995 . “ Out of the closet and into the university ” . In Science fiction audiences , Edited by: Tulloch , J. and Jenkins , H. 239 – 165 . London/New York : Routledge .
  • Lather , P. 1991 . Getting smart: Feminist research and pedagogy with/in the postmodern , New York : Routledge .
  • Lewis , J. and Jhally , S . 1998 . The struggle over media literacy . Journal of Communication , 48 : 109 – 120 .
  • Lusted , D . 1986 . Why Pedagogy? . Screen , 27 (5) : 2 – 14 .
  • Masterman , L. 1980 . Teaching about television , London : Macmillan .
  • McChesney , R. 1999 . Rich media, poor democracy: Communication politics in dubious times , Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press .
  • McKinley , E. G. 1997 . Beverly Hills, 90210: Television, gender, and identity , Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press .
  • Meyrowitz , J. 1998 . Multiple media literacies . Journal of Communication , 48 : 96 – 108 .
  • Newberger , C. 1994 . “ Intolerance is the real message of The Lion King ” . In The Boston Globe 11 27 June
  • Nodel , A. 1997 . “ A whole new (Disney) world order: Aladdin, atomic power, and the Muslim Middle East ” . In Visions of the East: Orientalism in film , Edited by: Bernstein , M. and Studlar , G. 184 – 203 . New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press .
  • O’Brien , P. 1996 . The happiest films on earth: A textual and contextual analysis of Walt Disney’s Cinderella and The Little Mermaid . Women’s Studies in Communication , 19 : 155 – 183 .
  • Sells , L. 1995 . “ Where do the mermaids stand? Voice and body ” . In The Little Mermaid, From mouse to mermaid: The politics of film, gender, and culture , Edited by: Bell , E. , Haas , L. and Sells , L. 175 – 192 . Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press .
  • Smoodin , E. 1994 . Disney discourse: Producing the magic kingdom , New York : Routledge .
  • Stadler , D. R. and Baron , R. S. 1998 . Attributional complexity as a moderator of dissonance-produced attitude change . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 75 : 449 – 455 .
  • Stone , J. , Wiegand , A. W. , Cooper , J. and Aronson , E. 1997 . When exemplification fails: Hypocrisy and the motive for self-integrity . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 72 : 54 – 65 .
  • Zipes , J. 1984 . Fairy tales and the art of subversion: the classical genre for children and the process of civilization , New York : Routledge .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.