Touching Queerness in Disney Films Dumbo and Lilo & Stitch

Katia Perea
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Katia Perea: Department of Sociology, City University New York, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA

Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 7, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Disney’s influence as a cultural purveyor is difficult to overstate. From cinema screen to television programming, vacation theme parks to wardrobe, toys and books, Disney’s consistent ability to entertain children as well as adults has made it a mainstay of popular culture. This research will look at two Disney films, Dumbo (1941) 1 and Lilo & Stitch (2002), 2 both from distinctly different eras, and analyze the similarities in artistic styling, studio financial climate, and their narrative representation of otherness as it relates to Queer identity.

Keywords: Dumbo; Lilo & Stitch; Disney; queer; mean girls; boobs and boyfriends; girl cartoon; gender; pink elephants; commodification; Walter Benjamin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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