THE CULTURAL TRAITS OF THE EASTERN WORLD IN THE DISNEY FILM: ALADDIN “VERSION 2019” Cover Image

I TRATTI CULTURALI DEL MONDO ORIENTALE NEL FILM DISNEYANO: ALADDIN “VERSIONE 2019”
THE CULTURAL TRAITS OF THE EASTERN WORLD IN THE DISNEY FILM: ALADDIN “VERSION 2019”

Author(s): Kouadri Ahlem, Hachouf Amina
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Visual Arts, Preschool education, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: cartoon animated; cultural traits; eastern world;

Summary/Abstract: This research work focuses on the analysis of cultural references in the cartoon Aladdin which concerns the latest version released in 2019. Animation is today a powerful vehicle of culture and identity. This kind of artistic product-cultural has always been ubiquitous for many years in the media but with the continuous evolution of editing techniques by large international companies such as Walt Disney, cartoons have become an object of world marketing obtaining a large number of consumers of different ages. Consequently, the cultural varieties present in feature films allow viewers to reflect not only on language and conversation but also in ideologies, stereotypes, gestures and the environment that surrounds the characters; in the sample chosen for this study are analyzed elements related to the Eastern world, such references may be thoroughly unknown by the viewer to the film, we trying to decode them more easily and clearly.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 102-110
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Italian