Femina Cartoonica

Femina Cartoonica explores the emancipation of female characters within the cartoon industry particularly through the lens of Walt Disney characters. As the Women's Human Rights emancipation movement from the 1970s persists the perception of Women's Skills and Female heroines evolves from patriarchal views to diverse forms of emancipated multicultural female characters. In literature Disney Villains both male and female are discussed and developed. The darker aspects of Women's Leadership in the Fashion Industry exemplified by iconic characters like Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) and sea villains such as Ursula (The Little Mermaid) Evil Queen (Snow White) Maleficent (1 and 2) are scrutinized by authors like Glen Dakin Victoria Saxon Serena Valentino Amy Davis etc. This work focuses on the emancipation of Disney's female characters and the positive influence of these portrayals on the advancement of feminist perspectives within the university student community encompassing both genders.