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100 1 a| Lederer, Erin Michelle.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Passively ever after :b| Disney's cinematic abuse in Beauty and the Beast /c| by Erin Michelle Lederer.;

260 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| East Carolina University,c| 2012.;

300 a| 162 pages :b| digital, PDF file;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2012.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the School of Communication.;

500 a| Advisor: Eric Shouse.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed , 2012).;

520 3 a| This thesis examines the manner in which Disney's Beauty and the Beast cultivates stereotypes and gendered behaviors consistent with domestic violence and thereby encourages viewers to accept and tolerate abuse against women. Chapter 1 includes a literature review highlighting gender themes and the film's influence on children. I argue that due to the dangerous, constricting, and sexist gender roles encouraged by the Walt Disney Corporation, films like Beauty and the Beast prime young girls and boys to react to social situations and encounters in a way that mirror the characters' reactions. Because of the films' entertainment value, most of the characters' inappropriate, stereotypical, and often violent behaviors either go unnoticed or are passively accepted. The violence does not have to be blatant nor physical to have a detrimental effect. Passive and indirect acts of violence, such as bullying, ostracism, and criticism, pave the way for physical violence (Muscio, 2010). Therefore, a central argument of this thesis is that our culture desperately needs to broaden the way we conceptualize violence. The chapters that follow provide a unique feminist critical analysis that draws upon domestic violence literature to argue that Beauty and the Beast is an example of cinematic abuse. I propose that cinematic abuse occurs when viewers accept the dominant readings encouraged by films like Beauty and the Beast and are thereby coerced into entering into metaphoric domestic violence relationships with Disney. As I dissect the themes and scenes within the film, Walker's (1979) book, The Battered Woman, is used to support the argument that cinematic abuse victims (viewers) and abusers (the film) mirror the behaviors and reactions of actual domestic violence victims and abusers.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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Passively ever after : Disney's cinematic abuse in Beauty and the Beast / by Erin Michelle Lederer.

Author/creator	Lederer, Erin Michelle
Other author	Shouse, Eric.
Other author	East Carolina University. School of Communication.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication Info	[Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2012.
Description	162 pages : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Walt Disney Company. Beauty and the beast (Motion picture : 1991) Violence in motion pictures. Family violence. Women in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) Motion pictures and children.

Summary	This thesis examines the manner in which Disney's Beauty and the Beast cultivates stereotypes and gendered behaviors consistent with domestic violence and thereby encourages viewers to accept and tolerate abuse against women. Chapter 1 includes a literature review highlighting gender themes and the film's influence on children. I argue that due to the dangerous, constricting, and sexist gender roles encouraged by the Walt Disney Corporation, films like Beauty and the Beast prime young girls and boys to react to social situations and encounters in a way that mirror the characters' reactions. Because of the films' entertainment value, most of the characters' inappropriate, stereotypical, and often violent behaviors either go unnoticed or are passively accepted. The violence does not have to be blatant nor physical to have a detrimental effect. Passive and indirect acts of violence, such as bullying, ostracism, and criticism, pave the way for physical violence (Muscio, 2010). Therefore, a central argument of this thesis is that our culture desperately needs to broaden the way we conceptualize violence. The chapters that follow provide a unique feminist critical analysis that draws upon domestic violence literature to argue that Beauty and the Beast is an example of cinematic abuse. I propose that cinematic abuse occurs when viewers accept the dominant readings encouraged by films like Beauty and the Beast and are thereby coerced into entering into metaphoric domestic violence relationships with Disney. As I dissect the themes and scenes within the film, Walker's (1979) book, The Battered Woman, is used to support the argument that cinematic abuse victims (viewers) and abusers (the film) mirror the behaviors and reactions of actual domestic violence victims and abusers.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the School of Communication.
General note	Advisor: Eric Shouse.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed , 2012).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2012.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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