In 1985, the first animated full-length film starring a female character in the United States debuted. She-Ra, the heroine of The Secret of the Sword, hailed a new era of more diverse images of women in animation. Nearly thirty years later, the representation of leading female characters in animation and cinema are still limited. What did The Secret of the Sword have to offer its audience in the 1980s that is still valid for female viewers today? This book examines the narrative structure of The Secret of the Sword using Vladimir Propps classification system to locate the active...
In 1985, the first animated full-length film starring a female character in the United States debuted. She-Ra, the heroine of The Secret of the Swo...
