The Portrayal of Gender in the Feature-Length Films of Pixar Animation Studios: A Content Analysis

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ii Acknowledgments iii List of Tables vi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Literature Review 5 Gender in Popular Media 5 Gender in Children’s Media 17 Gender in Disney Animation 24 Gender in Disney Animation: Two Studies That Inspired the Present Research..43 Gender in the Films of Pixar Animation Studios 51 Research Hypotheses 56 Chapter 3: Methods 59 Chapter 4: Results 64 Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion 85 v References 96 Appendix A: Box Office/Budget Totals & Averages for Disney & Pixar Films.........108 Appendix B: Coding Sheet 110 Appendix C: Code Book 111 Appendix D: Individual Character’s Coding Sheets 112

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