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Key to abbreviations for assignments listed on this page: |
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FMTM | From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture. Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, and Laura Sells, editors. 1995. ISBN: 978-0253209788 |
DD | Deconstructing Disney. Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, editors, 1999. ISBN 0745314511 |
View | View the assigned film via free streaming hyperlinks on D2L before class |
D2L | PDF files posted online via D2L. |
Please note: this syllabus is subject to change (with notice).
Monday, January 8
Introduction to the course |
View in class: | Mickey Mouse Monopoly (Media Education Foundation 2002, 52 min.) |
Quiz 0 | due before 11:59pm |
Wednesday, January 10
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Henry Giroux, "Memory and Pedagogy in the 'Wonderful World of Disney'" (FMTM Ch.2 read pages 43-48 only) |
2. Lee Artz, “Monarchs, Monsters and Multiculturalism” from Rethinking Disney (D2L read pages 75-83 only) |
Monday, January 15
NO CLASS MEETING IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY |
Wednesday, January 17
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Jack Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell” (FMTM Ch.1 read pages 21-33 only) |
Monday, January 22
View: | Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen, 1940, 88 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Claudia Card, "Pinocchio" (FMTM Ch.3 pages 62-71) |
Wednesday, January 24
View: | Fantasia (James Algar and Samuel Armstrong, 1940, 120 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Moya Luckett, "Fantasia: Cultural Constructions of Disney's 'Masterpiece'" from Smoodin, Disney Discourse (D2L pages 214-236) |
Monday, January 29
View: | Bambi (David Hand, 1942, 67 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. David Payne, "Bambi" (FMTM Ch.8 137-147) |
2. Susan Miller and Greg Rode "The Movie You See, The Movie You Don't" (FMTM Ch.5 pages 86-91) |
Wednesday, January 31
View: | The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reiterman, 1967, 78 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Susan Miller and Greg Rode "The Movie You See, The Movie You Don't" (FMTM Ch.5 pages 92-102) |
Monday, February 5
View: | 101 Dalmatians (Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske, 1961, 79 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Patrick M. Murphy, "The Whole Wide World Was Scrubbed Clean" (FMTM Ch.7 pages 125-136 okay to skim--not skip--pages 131-134) |
Wednesday, February 7
View: | The Lady and the Tramp (Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson, 1955, 76 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, “’You Can’t Lionise the Lion': Racing Disney" (DD Ch.5 read pages 94-99 only) |
Monday, February 12
View: | The Lion King (Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994; 90 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Lee Artz, “Monarchs, Monsters and Multiculturalism” from Rethinking Disney (D2L read pages 83-98 only) |
2. Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, “’You Can’t Lionise the Lion': Racing Disney" (DD Ch.5 pages 100-105 only) |
Wednesday, February 14
Wrap up for Section 1 including The Lion King discussion and review for Test 1. Bring your questions! |
Monday, February 19
TEST 1: | On campus in person in U272. Bring a scantron, 2 pencils, and 2 pens. * Test 1 covers all films, readings, and lectures from Section 1. * Test format includes Multiple Choice/T-F questions. * Bring a scantron, 2 pencils, and 2 pens. |
Wednesday, February 21
View: | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937; 84 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Jack Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell” (FMTM Ch.1 pages 33-42) |
Monday, February 26
View: | Cinderella (Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson, 1950, 76 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Elizabeth Bell, “Somatexts at the Disney Shop: Constructing the Pentimentos of Women’s Animated Bodies” (FMTM Ch.6pages 107-124) |
Wednesday, February 28
View: | Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959, 75 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Amanda Putnam, "Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains in Disney Films" from Cheu, Diversity in Disney Films (2013) (D2L read only pages 152-157) |
Monday, March 4 - Wednesday, March 6
Monday, March 11
View: | The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements and John Musker, 1989, 83 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Jill Birnie Henke, et. al., “Constructions of the Female Self: Feminist Readings of the Disney Heroine” (D2L read only pages 231, 234-241, 244-245) |
Wednesday, March 13
Reading & Quiz: | Laura Sells, “’Where do the Mermaids Stand?’ Voice and Body in The Little Mermaid” (FMTM Ch.11 pages 175-192--okay to skim the conclusion) |
Monday, March 18
View: | Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991, 90 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Susan Jeffords, “The Curse of Masculinity: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” (FMTM Ch.10 pages 161-172) |
Wednesday, March 20
View: | The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements and John Musker, 2009, 97 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Dorothy Hurley, “Seeing White: Children of Color and the Disney Fairy Tale Princesses” (D2L pages 221-226 and 230--okay to skim 227-229 for solutions to the problem--HINT!) |
2. Virginia Bonner, "'Gonna Take You There': Cultural Appropriation in Disney's The Princess and the Frog" (D2L read page 1-middle of page 2 and the bottom of page 8-15) |
Monday, March 25
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Virginia Bonner, "'Gonna Take You There': Cultural Appropriation in Disney's The Princess and the Frog" (D2L read from the middle of page 2-8) |
Wrap up for Section 2 including The Princess and the Frog discussion and review for Test 2. Bring your questions! |
Wednesday, March 27
TEST 2: | On campus in person in U272. * Test 2 covers all films, readings, and lectures from Section 2. * Test format includes Short Answer (Part 1) and Multiple Choice/T-F (Part 2) questions. * Bring a scantron, 2 pencils, and 2 pens. |
View: | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1996, 91 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, 2 excerpts from from Deconstructing Disney: "Introduction" and “King of the Swingers: Queering Disney” (DD Intro pages 7-14 & Ch.7 pages 133-143 only) |
Wednesday, April 3
View: | Mulan (Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, 1998, 88 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Limbach first? Sheng-Mei Ma, “Mulan Disney, It’s Like, Re-Orients: Consuming China and Animating Teen Dreams” in The Emperor's Old Groove (D2L read pages 149-157 only) |
Monday, April 8
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Gwendolyn Limbach, "You the Man, Well, Sort Of" in Diversity in Disney Films 2013 (D2L read pages 121-126 only) |
Optional: | 2. Maxine Hong Kingston, “White Tigers” chapter from The Woman Warrior (D2L) |
Wednesday, April 10
View: | Aladdin (Ron Clements and John Musker, 1992, 90 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Jack Shaheen, “Aladdin: Animated Racism” (from Cineaste) (D2L) |
2.Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, excerpt from from Deconstructing Disney: "Spectographies: Conjuring Disney" (DD Ch.4 read the paragraph from bottom of page 73-mid 74 and pages 78-82 only) |
Monday, April 15
Finish Discussion: | Aladdin (Ron Clements and John Musker, 1992, 90 min.) (Study Guide) |
View: | Pocahontas (Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, 1995, 84 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Derek Buescher & Kent Ono, “Civilized Colonialism: Pocahontas as Neocolonial Rhetoric” (D2L read pages 127-147 and 151; okay to skim Conclusion pages 147-150) |
2. Gail Tremblay, “Reflecting on Pocahontas” (D2L) | |
3. Eleanor Byrne and Martin McQuillan, excerpt from from Deconstructing Disney: “’You Can’t Lionise the Lion': Racing Disney" (DD Ch.5 read pages 105-110 only) |
Finish Discussion: | Pocahontas (Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, 1995, 84 min.) (Study Guide) |
Monday, April 22
View: | Moana (Ron Clements and John Musker 2016, 107 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. Joanna Robinson, "Earning Trust: How Pacific Islanders helped Moana Find Its Way" from Vanity Fair 2016 (D2L) |
2. Britany Popovich, "Disney's Cultural Appropriation in Moana" from F Newsmagazine 2016 | |
3. Smithsonian.org, "How the Story of Moana and Maui Holds Up Against Cultural Truths" 2016 |
Online Course Evaluations this week |
Wednesday, April 24
View: | Encanto (Jared Bush and Byron Howard 2021, 102 min.) (Study Guide) |
Reading & Quiz: | 1. TBA |
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Bring your laptop or smartphone to class. * Online Course Evaluations end this week. * Class party potluck: Bring food to share with the class! |
Assignment: | Closing Feedback Survey assigned and due before Monday's Test 3 |
Monday, April 29
Test 3: | On campus in person in U272. Bring a scantron, 2 pencils, and 2 pens. |
* Test 3 covers all films, readings, and video lectures from Section 3 and major themes from Sections 1 and 2. |