Disney's Mulan: upholding misogyny / Tias Tanjung Wilis
| Main Author: | Wilis, Tias Tanjung |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10868/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTWilisTiasTanjung.2008.DisneysMulanUpholdingMisogyny.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorM.NasrulChotib.KeywordsMulanmisogyny.MisogynywhichdatesbacktothestoryoftheFallmeansthemalehatredofwomenwhichallowsmentocreatestereotypicalimagesaboutwomeninordertokeepwomeninsubjectionandatlastmaintaintheirpowerwithinthepatriarchy.Misogynyallowsmentooppresswomenbygivingthemnovoicetodefinethemselves.Sincewomendonothavetheauthoritytodefineandassertthemselvestheytendtoagreeonanydefinitionsmenhavemadeaboutthemtheyfollowthepathmenhavechosenforthemnomatterwhereitwillend.Slowlywomenbegintobelievethatthosedefinitionsrepresentwhotheyreallyarethatbecomingthesecondsexsecondcreaturesbeingresponsibleforandlimitedonlytothedomesticaffairsaretheirdestiny.Finallytheydenigratetheirownsexandthustheculturecanbekeptmalethepatriarchycanbemaintainedandthepowercanalwaysbeobtained.ThissubjectcouldbefoundinDisneysMulan.DisneysMulanisacartoonmovieadaptedfromaChinesepoemtitledTheBalladofMulanthatdatesbacktotheSouthern-NorthernDynasty(AD420-589)inwhichwomenwereoppressedbythesocialcodesofConfucianism.IttellsaboutaChinesefeministheroineHuaMulanwhodisguisedherselfasamantotakeherailingfathersplaceinthearmy.AstheChineseversionDineysMulanisexpectedtobeamovieoffeminist.Yetitseemsthatthemovieevenconformstomisogyny.ThisstudyaimsatuncoveringmisogynyinMulan.TheanalysiscentersontheusageofFilmStudieslookingatthedetailsprovidedinthescreen(miseenscne)shotsangleslightingcolormovementsoundandetcetera.TheanalysisismuchinfluencedbytheperspectivesofFeminismandCulturalStudiesbyexposingidentifyingandchallengingstereotypesofwomenfoundthroughoutthemovie.Throughtheanalysisitcouldberevealedthatthemovieupholdsmisogyny.ThemaincharacterofthemovieMulandepictedasafree-spiritedyoungwomaninthebeginningofthemoviehappenstobethemostmisogynisticofall.ShechoosestocomebacktoherpatriarchalfamilyratherthanacceptingtheEmperorsoffertobecomeamemberofhiscounselwhichisastrategicpositiontomakeachangeforabetterconditionofwomeninhersociety.Themovieconveysonemessagetellingthatawomannomatterhowsuccessfulsheisinotherculturaldomainmustcomebacktoherdomesticplaceleavinganyofherpositioninthepublicaffairs.