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Informationen zum Autor Shearon Roberts is assistant professor of mass communication and a faculty member in African American and diaspora studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Shearon Roberts is assistant professor of mass communication and a faculty member in African American and diaspora studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Klappentext This collection analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse and studies how the current Disney era reflects changes in a global society where audiences are empowered by new media and social justice movements. Zusammenfassung This collection analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse and studies how the current Disney era reflects changes in a global society where audiences are empowered by new media and social justice movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Rebranding the Disney Princess Chapter One: Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements Shearon Roberts Chapter Two: Diversity Sells: The Dollars and Cents of Woke Rebranding Shaniece B. Bickham and Shearon Roberts Chapter Three: Sofia the First: A Princess Life Fit for a Preschool Audience Sarah Maben Chapter Four: From Princess to Heroine: Expanding Representations of Girls and Women Jana Thomas and Holly Speck Chapter Five: Pop, Hip-Hop, and the Hamiltonization of the Disney Soundtrack Daron Roberts and Turon Nicholas Part II: Diversifying the Disney Princess Chapter Six: Elena of Avalor and Mama Coco: Latina Sheroes and Knowledge Keepers Alberto Rodriguez and Veronica N. Durant Chapter Seven: #NolaBorn: Tiana and the Road Home for New Orleans Residents Sheryl Kennedy Haydel Chapter Eight: Moana: The Daughter of the Chief and Polynesian (in)Visibility Jenny Banh Chapter Nine: #MakeMulanRight: Retracing the Genealogy of Mulan from Ancient Chinese Tale ...
