Sex Roles (2007) 56:717–727 DOI 10.1007/s11199-007-9236-y ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Production of Meaning through Peer Interaction: Children and Walt Disney’s Cinderella Lori Baker-Sperry Published online: 5 June 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media‚ LLC 2007 Abstract For many years researchers have understood that gender roles in children’s literature have the capacity to create and reinforce “meanings” of femininity and masculinity (Currie‚ Gend. Soc.‚ 11: 453–477‚ 1997; Gledhill
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Her stepmother struck her hard in the face‚ her father whipped her multiple times‚ and her siblings blamed her for their mother’s death. Just wonder she felt‚ Adeline Yen Mah‚ with her horrid family‚ separation from her only loved ones; her aunt and single grandfather‚ and her genius mind that only her beloved Aunt Baba treasured. As it seems‚ this depressing novel‚ Chinese Cinderella‚ by Adeline Yen Mah‚ the one who lived through it all‚ was the most unfortunate girl in all of eastern China.
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The Cinderella Myth The tale of Cinderella is encoded as a text of patriarchal moral instruction in which a sense of female agency will always by definition be absent. In this folk tale‚ which is also a fairytale‚ female character is positioned in terms of what it is not: not dominant‚ not powerful‚ not male. Cinderella herself‚ non-hero of a dubious tale‚ evinces more depth than most archetypes. She is capable of developing relationships‚ meting forgiveness‚ manipulating her own destiny‚ even of
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to keep her alive‚ but what Lia thinks of them sometimes happens in our real life. It is such a disturbing part to know that our family calls other family member with their names even a daughter calls her mother with her name. For examples‚ “My stepmother Jennifer could lock the door…”‚ “My stepsister Emma doesn’t answer”. Even to call her mother‚ she prefers to call her name rather than mom. It can be seen from this sentence‚ “Mom Dr. Marrigan drove me home to her
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The story of Cinderella began in ancient China and has since been translated and recreated numerous times into stories‚ plays‚ and even movies. Perrault and Disney’s versions of Cinderella took special interest to Louis Bernikow‚ in which she analyzed in her essay “Cinderella: Saturday Afternoon at the Movies”. In the essay‚ Bernikow shows that “there are two worlds in the Cinderella cartoon‚ one of women‚ one of men” (270)‚ and that the women in the story need men. In “Cinderella: Saturday Afternoon
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Chinese Cinderella is a book written by Adeline Yen Mah. The author writes an autobiography about her own experiences and her life as a child. It is a true story about an unwanted daughter who suffered because of the unfairness of the family towards her. In this novel‚ Adeline illustrates the sad memoir of her own childhood‚ growing up in the 1940’s and 50’s and describing her struggle for acceptance from the time she was born to the age of fourteen. The author chose the title of her book as Chinese
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Myths and Religion are generally presumed to be two entirely different things. Myths are seen as stories shared between groups of people that are part of a cultural identity‚ while Religion is a belief that a group of people of a cultural identity share. Although they differ in certain aspects‚ they still hold similarities. Comparable to bible stories‚ myths have different versions which are both inspirational‚ as well as entertaining to those who do not believe them to be true. Along with this major
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The Disney princesses have been a staple in American culture for many generations. From Cinderella to Snow White these princesses have been adapted into different stories‚ cultures‚ and forms of art. On March 17‚ 2017 at Moline High School‚ I attended the yearly musical‚ this year being Cinderella. As I entered the auditorium‚ an usher took my ticket and greeted and told me to enjoy the show‚ which I appreciated. The auditorium was pretty packed; however‚ I had gotten a reserved seat. Cinderella
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stanza 5. She describes a young girl who lives with her father‚ mean stepmother‚ and two pretty‚ but despicable stepsisters‚ after her kind mother dies. The poet uses similes to describe both the two stepdaughters (Line 29) and Cinderella’s slave-like tendencies (Line 32). She then talks about how a dove comes out of a tree‚ granting her every wish. The day of the ball‚ the dove helps her pick up all the lentils her stepmother had thrown on the floor as a trick to hinder her from going. And with
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successes she faced as a child growing up in many different places. She was known as the unwanted daughter and was also known as bad luck because of the passing of her mother after she was born. After her mothers death her father re-married her evil stepmother who doesn’t like her. She is treated badly from all of her family except from Aunt Baba‚ Nai Nai and Ye Ye. She is treated badly by most of her family because she is bad luck in their eyes. As Adeline grows up as a child she learns to understand
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