ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE DISNEY PRINCESS SERIES

V diplomski nalogi analiziram reprezntacijo žensk v Disneyjevi seriji princese. V ta namen kot teoretično podlago svoje semiotične analize uporabim teorije Myre Macdonald (1995), ki je reprezentacijo žensk v medijih razdelila na štiri sklope mitov: mite o ženski kot skrbni in ljubeči osebi, mite o ženski kot enigmi, mite o ženskem telesu in mite o ženski seksualnosti. V analitičnem delu primerjam zgodbe filmov iz serije z izvirnimi zgodbami, po katerih so bile narejene in ugotovim, kako so jih Disneyjevi studii prilagodili mitom o ženskosti. Ugotvim tudi v kakšnem obsegu se specifični miti pojavijo v seriji in primerjam njihovo pojavljanje v posameznih risankah skozi čas.In my thesis I analyse the representation of women in the Disney Princess series. As the theoretical basis of my semiotic analysis I use Myra Macdonald\u27s (1995) theory that divides the representation of women in the media into four sets of myths: the myths of women as caring and loving, myths of women as enigmas, myths of the female body and myths of the female sexuality. In the analytical part of the thesis I compare the stories of the films with the original stories on which they were based and observe how Disney studios adapted them to the myths of femininity. I also observe the extent to which specific myths are represented in particular films and compare their occurrences through out time