Male gaze to female gaze
| dc.contributor.author | HOORIA AFZAL | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-20T19:20:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-20T19:20:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research inspects the dominant patriarchal hierarchies with respect to spectatorship. In this regard, two Disney movies Cinderella 1950 and Brave 2012 are analyzed to see how females are projected on screen as per the patriarchal notions of femininity and how their bodies are being objectified. The analysis is guided by Laura Mulvey’s work in which she addresses the male gaze. This research focuses on various trends in the Disney movies especially as regards to the male gaze and how that gaze demoralizes and devalues feminine figures. The movie Cinderella 1950 is observed under the theory of male gaze. In Cinderella 1950 the princess is characterized out of pure male-centric paradigm where she is only limited to her house and not allowed to step outside while in response to this Brave 2012 is analyzed under the female gaze where the princess is shown as deviating from the traditional options for a girl in the given society. In both movies, different narratives of both male and female figures are considered. This research focuses on An Evolution in the Portrayal of Disney Movie Princesses through the lens of Laura Mulvey’s Male Gaze and how this theory proclaims the societal strictures and bonds in which women are entangled. Through the analysis of the movies Cinderella 1950 and Brave 2012, this research shows that how the representation of female has been changed they have become empowered and have the ability to live there life according to there on will in the Disney movies with the passage of time. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/11137 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | UMT, Lahore | |
| dc.title | Male gaze to female gaze | |
| dc.title.alternative | An evolution in the portrayal of Disney movie princesses through the lens of Laura Mulvey’s male gaze | |
| dc.type | Thesis |