The role of Disney's new-age animated films in the socialisation of young femininities and masculinities

• In Event: Children and Youth Section Roundtables
  In Refereed Roundtable (60 minute): Table 1: Digital Sexualities, Media, and Identity Construction

Abstract

Paechter (2007:15) in the book Being boys, Being girls: learning Masculinities and Femininities, emphasises: “Femininity, (and masculinity) is constructed and performed within social practice. This performance is constantly deeply tied to the constant construction and reconstruction of identity.”
Development of the New Disney theory, involved the analysis of the different periods in the development of the Disney characters. It is defined, that there are differences in between Disney Heroes/heroines, of the first, the second, and the third period(Davis 2011). Empirical Research : The role of Disney's new-age animated films in the socialisation of young femininity and masculinity, focuses onto the differences in between the New and old Disney youth femininities, and masculinities, through the discussion of their professions/occupations, emphasizing the importance that they have on the socialization, of the Youth femininities, and masculinities. Postfeminist masculinity(Macaluso), is recognized inside new Disney Curriculums, around the world( Sandlin, Garlen 2016).
Sandlin, J., and Garlen.C., J., Hobbs, P., Muir, R., Davis, A., Macaluso, M., Kehily, M., theoretically, had analysed the importance of the New Disney animated femininities, and masculinities, and their influences on the socialisation of the Youth.
Key terms: Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Disney, Socialization, Young femininities, Young masculinities

Author

• Lejla Mušic