Ebook: Handsome heroes & vile villains: masculinity in Disney's feature animation

From dwarves to princes, heroes to heartbreakers, the Disney treatment of male characters in the studio's animated features.

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From the iconicSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937) toTangled, the 2010 retelling ofRapunzel,Handsome Heroes and Vile Villainslooks at the portrayal of male characters in Disney films from the perspective of masculinity studies and feminist film theory. This companion volume toGood Girls and Wicked Witchesplaces these depictions within the context of Hollywood and American popular culture at the time of each film's release.

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