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Van, Liew Maria. "Democratic women : gender, national discourse and the cinema of post-Franco Spain /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9820983.

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Aich, Priyanka. "The construction and (re)presentation of Indian women in recent mainstream western cinema." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2009/p_aich_112309.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in communication)--Washington State University, December 2009.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 12, 2010). "Edward R. Murrow College of Communication." Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-115).

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Watkins, Jessica. "From fallen women to risen heroines representations of gender and sexuality in American film, 1929-1942 /." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2005. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=539.

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Mejía, Glenda. "The representation of women in revolutionary Cuban cinema /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19376.pdf.

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Kwok, Crystal Lee, and 郭錦恩. "Ghosts and goddesses: women, cinema, & the image." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950978.

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Williams, Tami Michelle. "Beyond impressions the life and films of Germaine Dulac from aesthetics to politics /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1467886421&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Yang, Jing. "The construction of the Chinese woman in 1990s American cinema." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2010. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43813185.

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O'Skea, Doreen Lynn. "Perpetual girlhood: what the movies have taught us about ourselves : a content analysis of Best Actress Academy Award-winning films from 1961-1997." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1133726.

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Empowered, embattled and embittered women seem to be everywhere in the media today. Either in film, on television or on the Internet, there are more and more women being shown in a variety of working roles. Women are being shown in nontraditional jobs, they are allowed to work in the man's world and they can take charge. All of these things are remarkable but a note of caution is needed, for while these women are working the boardroom the girls are taking over.Women in power are increasingly being shown as unattractive, undesirable and unpleasant. While their counterparts- girls, are shown as

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Kwok, Crystal Lee. "Ghosts and goddesses : women, cinema, & the image /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14040220.

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Wong, Shuk-han Mary. "New Chinese cinemas and feminine writings." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21779041.

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Drake, Susan Wiebe. "María Félix the last great Mexican film diva : the representation of women in Mexican film, 1940-1970 /." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1118953316.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 177 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Field, Emma. "Only a trickle? : blood in detail and three women's films /." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://adt.lib.utas.edu.au/public/adt-TU20050315.093920.

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Su, Xin. "Ideas of film authorship : a study of theories and concepts of agency and subjectivity in film authorship, with a conclusion on the possible configuration of a future theoretical model of feminist film authorship." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1101.

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Carver, Mary Heather. "Autobiography in performance : cinematic representation of women's lives /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Kretschmar, Kelly Benshoff Harry M. "Framing femininity as insanity representations of mental illness in women in post-classical Hollywood /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3654.

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O'Reilly, Kevin Joseph. "Between hotel mama and petrol station manager: the represatations of women's realities in a selection of African films." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/789.

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The roles that women perform as depicted in African films are often dictated to by the type of society they find themselves in. At first glance traditional societies can be seen as oppressive because of the presence of certain cultural practices. Alternatively modern urban settings appear to offer women authority and empowerment through employment. However, with a closer examination one sees that the situation is not so simplistic. Such is the case when certain traditional practices that are deemed oppressive through a Western perspective, are still found in urban societies. Films on the subje

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Davis, William. "To make the better film movies, women's clubs and the fight over censorship in the American South, 1907-1934 /." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-3/davisw/williamdavis.pdf.

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Cui, Shuqin. "A cross-cultural analysis of gender and representation in Chinese new cinema." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 1996. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?9624592.

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Lam, Suk-yin, and 林淑燕. "The construct of masculinity and femininity in John Woo and Stanley Kwan's films." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951144.

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Rubaba, Protas Pius. "The influence of feminist communication in creating social transformation : an analysis of the films Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène) and Water (Deepa Mehta)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/888.

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In many societies in developing countries, women are not given a chance to communicate their issues. The organisation within these societies places men at the top, giving them the opportunity to make all the important decisions. This situation is reflected in the two films which fall under this study, namely, Water and Moolaadé both of which are fictional representations of the oppression of women. In this study, an attempt is made to explain communication struggles in the two films: Water, reflecting Indian society and Moolaadé, reflecting African society. To understand the outcome of these s

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Ward, Katherine. "Tracing the heroine in masculine spectacle : gender, technology, and the role of the destroyer in recent American film." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56771.

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This thesis explores the changing relationship of power, technology, and gender in recent Hollywood films. Beginning with ideas of gender "truths" in philosophical thought, I posit that the representation of violence is inseparable from the notion of gender, and that ideas of gender are always historically specific.<br>I examine masculinity and aggression in Vietnam films, arguing that masculinity must struggle to renew its privilege and its illusion of purity.<br>Finally, I examine combat roles for women where the heroines have accessed "male" technology to become subjects of the social act.

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Lewis, Alanna. "The political and educational implications of gender, class and race in Hollywood film : holding out for a female hero." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21233.

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This thesis examines the articulations of gender, class, and race in a specific sample of films from the 1930's to the 1990's. The tendency in these films is to depict women as passive, rather than heroic. Because this has been the common practice, I chose to outline it through fourteen films that exemplified an inherent bias when dealing with women as subject matter. Brief summaries of several recently produced progressive films are provided to show that it is possible to improve the image of women in film, hence we may finally witness justice on the big screen.<br>In this discursive analysis

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San, Filippo Maria. "Having it both ways bisexualities/bi-textualities and contemporary crossover cinema /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1495959301&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Leung, Yee-man Yvonne. "Ideology and the performance of gender in Chinese cinema." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25262038.

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Hui, Suet-hung. "Subversive females : the politics of defiance in Zhang Yimou's films /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20059966.

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Ho, Kin-wai. "Cult of the fragmented body : establishing a feminine identity in popular cinema /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22200277.

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Karceski, Julie Wilkins Lee. "Smart, sultry and surly a textual analysis of the portrayal of women scientists in film, 1962 - 2005 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6663.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 10, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Lee Wilkins. Includes bibliographical references.

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Phillips, Julie D. "Rape myths in the American movie industry : a content analysis and feminist criticism." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941729.

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This study explored rape depictions and rape myths in the mainstream American filmindustry. Four rape myths pervade American culture. The myths argue that women "ask" for rape, "deserve" rape, lie about rape, and are not really hurt by rape. These myths place blame on the victim and absolve the rapists on any wrongdoing. Furthermore, these myths attempt to justify male sexual aggression against women.This study explored film's portrayal of the rape event, the victim, the rapist, and the depiction of specific rape myths. A content analysis of 16 American films released between 1982 and 1994 rev

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Simpson, Catherine. "Imagined geographies: women's negotiation of space in contemporary Australian cinema, 1988-98." Thesis, Simpson, Catherine (2000) Imagined geographies: women's negotiation of space in contemporary Australian cinema, 1988-98. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/312/.

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Imagined Geographies: Women's Negotiation of Space in Contemporary Australian Cinema is an exploration of the nexus between gender and locale in films from the last decade, 1988-98. This thesis examines the way meaning is made through the negotiation of diverse geographies by central female protagonists in a selection of recent Australian feature films. The films I analyse were predominantly produced by female writers and/or directors. In the context of Australian Cinema, locale is an area much talked about but little theorised. It is an issue which remains in the background of much scholar

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Simpson, Catherine. "Imagined geographies : women's negotiation of space in contemporary Australian cinema, 1988-98 /." Simpson, Catherine (2000) Imagined geographies: women's negotiation of space in contemporary Australian cinema, 1988-98. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/312/.

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Imagined Geographies: Women's Negotiation of Space in Contemporary Australian Cinema is an exploration of the nexus between gender and locale in films from the last decade, 1988-98. This thesis examines the way meaning is made through the negotiation of diverse geographies by central female protagonists in a selection of recent Australian feature films. The films I analyse were predominantly produced by female writers and/or directors. In the context of Australian Cinema, locale is an area much talked about but little theorised. It is an issue which remains in the background of much scholar

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Pugsley, Bronwen E. "Challenging perspectives : documentary practices in films by women from Francophone Africa." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12658/.

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This thesis is located at the intersection of three dynamic fields: African screen media, documentary studies, and women’s filmmaking. It analyses a corpus of fifteen films by Francophone sub-Saharan African women filmmakers, ranging from 1975 to 2009, within the framework of documentary theory. This study departs from the contextual approach to African women’s documentary, which has been predominant among scholarship and criticism thus far, in favour of a focus on the films as texts. The popular models developed for the study of documentary film by Western scholars are applied to African wome

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Wong, Shuk-han Mary, and 黃淑嫻. "New Chinese cinemas and feminine writings." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43894410.

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Ngan, Ka-hing, and 顏加興. "Gender representation in Zhang Yimou's films." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45007640.

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Lam, Suk-yin. "The construct of masculinity and femininity in John Woo and Stanley Kwan's films." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17390801.

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Coe, Jason George. "Left behind by history: complicating narrative, modernity in the mundane, and reading history through womenin "feeling of life films"." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48539533.

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This dissertation scrutinizes a corpus of films considered to be the stylistic and thematic descendants of Yasujiro Ozu, which I call “feeling of life films.” Focusing upon common themes such as female narrative and the portrayals of the quotidian, this dissertation identifies various methods used in specific films of Ozu, Hou Hsiao Hsien, and Tran Anh Hung that complicate narrative meaning and engage in the discourse of national modernity and history. The female protagonists of these films can be considered “left behind” by the narrative progression of history, serving an allegorical functio

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Lo, Po-yee, and 勞保儀. "Middle-aged women in search of female identities and new visions of home : a study of Ann Hui's films." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206613.

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In the past decade, Ann Hui as a well-known filmmaker has produced several films concerning women in their middle and older age. My research examines two of her films, The Postmodern Life of My Aunt(2006)and All About Love(2010). By carefully reading and analyzing the two texts, my research reveal show Chinese middle-aged women construct their gender identities and develop their visions of home in Shanghai and Hong Kong respectively. It focuses on how this group of women experience inner and social contradictions in the process of establishing individual subjectivities as well as how they deal

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Akhter, Fahmida. "Fragmented memory, incomplete history : women and nation in war films of Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/20049/.

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The most important and celebrated chapter in the history of Bangladesh is its nine-month long Liberation War (Muktijuddho in Bengali) of 1971. My research explores the ways in which memories and histories of the war are shaped by the gender dynamics of nationalism in different periods through examining war-themed films of Bangladesh. By covering both mainstream and alternative war films produced just before, during and after the war, from 1970 to 2011, I trace the various ways in which men and women are represented in war films and construct the idea of nation. I also aim to unpack the politic

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Kretschmar, Kelly. "Framing Femininity as Insanity: Representations of Mental Illness in Women in Post-Classical Hollywood." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3654/.

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From the socially conservative 1950s to the permissive 1970s, this project explores the ways in which insanity in women has been linked to their femininity and the expression or repression of their sexuality. An analysis of films from Hollywood's post-classical period (The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Lizzie (1957), Lilith (1964), Repulsion (1965), Images (1972) and 3 Women (1977)) demonstrates the societal tendency to label a woman's behavior as mad when it does not fit within the patriarchal mold of how a woman should behave. In addition to discussing the social changes and diagnostic trends

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Ho, Kin-wai, and 何堅慧. "Cult of the fragmented body: establishing a feminine identity in popular cinema." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952616.

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Wong, Bik-wan Flora, and 黃碧雲. "Criminality of women in Hong Kong films: fromthe 1960's to the 1990's." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31977960.

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Hui, Suet-hung, and 許雪紅. "Subversive females: the politics of defiance in Zhang Yimou's films." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951648.

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Leung, Yee-man Yvonne, and 梁以文. "Ideology and the performance of gender in Chinese cinema." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953633.

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Yang, Jing, and 杨静. "The construction of the Chinese woman in 1990s American cinema." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43813185.

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Moser, Evelyn Christine Busch. "Heroines in western films /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2005. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3209133.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2005.<br>"August 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-246). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2005]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Ngan, Ka-hing. "Gender representation in Zhang Yimou's films /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34614424.

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Boyke, Kimberly M. "El cambio del rol de la mujer en la sociedad española dentro del cine : un estudio de películas entre 1999 a 2007 /." Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF), 2009. http://eprints.ccsu.edu/archive/00000560/02/2000FT.htm.

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Thesis (M.A.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2009.<br>Thesis advisor: Paloma Lapuerta. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Spanish." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-63). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Hofmann, Ingrid. "Deadly seductions : femme fatales in 90's film noir." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armh713.pdf.

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Ip, Wing Cheung. "Shaw in blue, women in nude : Li Han-Hsiang's fengyue films in 1970s." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2007. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/872.

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Still, Kara B. "The Dance /." Electronic version (PDF), 2004. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2004/stillk/karastill.pdf.

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Lio, Man Cheng. "'Apple, rose, ice" :An analysis of the changes to Disney princess." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3952598.

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