Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by nitrogen on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @06:26PM (#4720013)

So the obsession many young girls have with Disney princesses, sometimes carrying it into adulthood (that makes for some very interesting conversations), has no influence on the narrative structure those girls are using to evaluate their lives?

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Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by tptacek on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @06:33PM (#4720050)

No. The Disney Princess "narrative" simply fits into preexisting gender norms. There was no "Disney Princess" culture in the 1950s. If you created a chart showing the trendlines of female mobilization into the workforce (and particularly the "professions") and the revenue extracted from Disney Princess offerings, you'd have a concrete reason to question the assumption you're making here.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by swlevy on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @08:19PM (#4720477)

FYI Disney's princess culture arguably dates all the way back to 1937, with Snow White.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by tptacek on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @08:55PM (#4720585)

Anticipating this very objection, I evoked the graph of Disney's revenue from Princess properties to further carry the point.

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