Balancing Gender and Power: How Disney’s Hercules Fails to Go the Distance

Disney&#8217;s <i>Hercules</i> (1997) includes multiple examples of gender tropes throughout the film that provide a hodgepodge of portrayals of traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity. Hercules&#8217; phenomenal strength and idealized masculine body, coupled with h...

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Main Author: Cassandra Primo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/11/240