‘You Can’t Say No to the Beauty and the Beast’: Shrek and Ideology
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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2005vol15no1art1255Keywords:
masculinity, Shrek, films, feminismAbstract
The film 'Shrek' is considered with a reflection on the discourses of post-feminism, which announce the redundancy of the feminist enterprise in a brave new world where girls and women have allegedly gone very far in achieving equality of opportunities and access to power. A number of suggestions for scrutinising this film are also suggested, as it has received some critical attention, despite the fact that it has also enjoyed enormous commercial success since its release.
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