Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications
Many of Disney movies have been criticized for perpetuating traditional gender stereotypes which constrain opportunities for children at large. Its recent characters have also incurred heated discussions on gender portrayal. Moreover, stereotypes of gender roles, developed early on, can exert an imm...
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| description | Many of Disney movies have been criticized for perpetuating traditional gender stereotypes which constrain opportunities for children at large. Its recent characters have also incurred heated discussions on gender portrayal. Moreover, stereotypes of gender roles, developed early on, can exert an immediate impact on individuals’ behaviors and utterances and a long-term impact on individuals’ perceived options academically, professionally, personally, and socially. Recognizing the significance of this matter, this paper employed a meta-narrative review to collect and conceptually and empirically synthesize previous literature on the impact of Disney movies on young children’s gender awareness. Through an academic database search, 49 articles were collected using combinations of the keywords Disney character, Disney movie, young children, early childhood education, classroom practices, and gender. Furthermore, this review, in the pedagogical implication section, highlights the authors’ call for teachers to develop critical mindfulness of gender and shares hands-on activities for children to play with Disney characters in a reconstructive and agentic way. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-122174b067b24fd098f2f284fa448d212025-08-20T03:05:50ZengUniversity of South Florida (USF) M3 PublishingJournal of Global Education and Research2577-509X2024-07-018210.5038/2577-509X.8.2.1327Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implicationsXuan Jiang0Linlin Zhang1Diana Rivero2Brittany Torres3Florida International UniversityFlorida International UniversityFlorida International UniversityFlorida International UniversityMany of Disney movies have been criticized for perpetuating traditional gender stereotypes which constrain opportunities for children at large. Its recent characters have also incurred heated discussions on gender portrayal. Moreover, stereotypes of gender roles, developed early on, can exert an immediate impact on individuals’ behaviors and utterances and a long-term impact on individuals’ perceived options academically, professionally, personally, and socially. Recognizing the significance of this matter, this paper employed a meta-narrative review to collect and conceptually and empirically synthesize previous literature on the impact of Disney movies on young children’s gender awareness. Through an academic database search, 49 articles were collected using combinations of the keywords Disney character, Disney movie, young children, early childhood education, classroom practices, and gender. Furthermore, this review, in the pedagogical implication section, highlights the authors’ call for teachers to develop critical mindfulness of gender and shares hands-on activities for children to play with Disney characters in a reconstructive and agentic way.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jger/vol8/iss2/2critical feminist lenscounter gender stereotypesdisney charactershands-on activities |
| spellingShingle | Xuan Jiang Linlin Zhang Diana Rivero Brittany Torres Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications Journal of Global Education and Research critical feminist lens counter gender stereotypes disney characters hands-on activities |
| title | Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| title_full | Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| title_fullStr | Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| title_short | Meta-narrative review of gender portrayal in Disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| title_sort | meta narrative review of gender portrayal in disney movies for young children and its pedagogical implications |
| topic | critical feminist lens counter gender stereotypes disney characters hands-on activities |
| url | https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jger/vol8/iss2/2 |
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