Student Interdisciplinary Research Panel Friday, November 7, 2014: 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

This paper will critically examine the Pixar movie Brave and its representations of feminine gender roles, comparing and contrasting the movie and its merchandise with other Disney princesses’ models of femininity as submissive, marriage-centric, and based on physical appearance. I will analyze how Brave both rejects and promotes stereotypical femininity.