The Postmodern Feminine Beauty Ideal in Shrek
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https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2013.i2.664Keywords:
Shrek, feminine beauty idealAbstract
This analysis deals with the postmodern feminine beauty ideal in the computer-animated film Shrek, and considers the impact this has had on the resultant change of the feminine representation in contemporary film productions and fairy tales. More specifically, the analysis will focus on the representational value of female characters in classic fairy tales, compared with the postmodern revision carried out by gender studies. This approach aims at offering some observations on the changes occurred in the classic framing of feminine roles, considering Fiona, Shrek’s wife, as an example of ‘contemporary princess’.References
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Baker-Sperry, Lory and Grauerholz, Liz. “The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Feminine Beauty Ideal in Children’s Fairy Tales.” Gender and Society 17.5 (Oct. 2003): 711 – 726.
Battisti, Chiara. La Traduzione Filmica, Il Romanzo e la sua Trasposizione Cinematografica. Verona: Ombre Corte, 2008.
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: the Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
Cavarero, Adriana. A più Voci. Milano: Feltrinelli, 2010.
Carter, Angela. The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History. London: Virago, 1997.
Cholodenko, Alan. The Illusion of Life. Sydney: Power, 1991.
Creed, Barbara. The Monstrous Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis. London: Routledge, 1993.
Doane, Janice and Devon Hodges. Nostalgia and Sexual Difference. London: Methuen,1987.
Drummond, Phillip. "Introduction: Media, Culture and Curriculum." Changing English 2.2. Ed. Drummond. London: Institute of Education, 1995.
Eliot, Thomas Stearns. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Milano: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1982.
Foucault, Michel. "The Order of Discourse." Untying the Text. Ed. Robert Young. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.
Fromm, Erich. The Forgotten Language: An Introduction to the Understanding of Dreams, Fairy Tales and Myths. New York: Open Road Media, 2013.
Fuller, Steve. Social Epistemology. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1988.
Grau, Oliver. “Into the Belly of the Image: Historical Aspects of Virtual Reality.” Leonardo 32.5 (Seventh New York Digital Salon, 1999): 365-371.
Leslie, Esther. Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde. London: Verso, 2002.
Luke, Helen M. Woman, Earth and Spirit: the Feminine in Symbol and Myth. New York: Cross Road, 1984.
Lyotard, Jean F. The Postmodern Explained: Correspondence 1982-1985. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1992.
Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. Cambridge: MIT, 2001. Last accessed 03/07/2013.
Mitchell, Juliet and Rose, Jacqueline. Feminine Sexuality: J. Lacan and the Ecole Freudienne. London: MacMillan, 1985.
Pilling, Jayne. A Reader in Animation Studies. Sydney: John Libbey, 1997.
Pinkola, Estes C. Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
Pisanty, Valentina. Leggere la Fiaba. Milano: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri Bompiani Sonzogno,1993.
Roemer, Danielle M. and Cristina Bacchilega, eds. Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale. Detroit: Wayne UP, 2001.
Shrek. Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson. 2001.
Shrek 2. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. 2005.
Solmi, Sergio. Saggi sul Fantastico. Torino: Einaudi, 1978.
Toril, Moi. Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory. New York: Methuen, 1985.
Watson, Paul, "True Lye's: Reanimating Film Studies." Art & Animation [Special edition of Art & Design magazine, no. 53]. Ed. Paul Wells. London: Academy, 1997.
Zipes, Jack. “Interview”. Biting Dog Press. Last accessed 03/07/2013.
Zipes, Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. London: Methuen,1984.
Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion. London: Routledge, 2011.
Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization. London: Routledge, 1991.
Zipes, Jack. The Brothers Grimm: from Enchanted Forest to the Modern World. London: Routledge, 1988.
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