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Anugerahwati, M. (2020). Gender and Language in Movies. KnE Social Sciences, 4(10), 412–416. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v4i10.7429

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  • Mirjam Anugerahwati

    Mirjam Anugerahwati

    Dept.of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

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  • Jul 29, 2020

Gender and Language in Movies

KnE Social Sciences / World Conference on Gender Studies / Pages 412–416

Abstract

This paper is a report on the findings of a mini research study that the writer conducted in her course Gender and Language with the students in the English Language and Literature, cohort of 2017. The students, in groups, analyzed several Disney cartoons and reported the results in PPt. The findings revealed that the cartoons contain the gender stereotypes in line with the theories.


Keywords: gender and language, stereotypes, Disney cartoons

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