ERIC Number: EJ1380474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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'Show Yourself': Indigenous Ethics, Sámi Cosmologies and Decolonial Queer Pedagogies of "Frozen 2"
Gender and Education, v35 n2 p171-185 2023
In this article, we examine the immensely popular animated Disney film "Frozen 2" (2019) through its potential as decolonial queer pedagogy. Drawing on Indigenous educational studies, queer and feminist Indigenous theories, and research on affect and trauma, we ask how the film popularizes Sámi nature-based cosmologies, addresses and attempts to repair the cross-generational transmission of settler colonial trauma, and presents a complex view of gender and human and non-human relations. Unlike in its predecessor "Frozen" (2013), in "Frozen 2" Disney involved Sámi consultants in the production process, and the film was dubbed in North Sámi language. We interrogate "Frozen 2"'s production process as well as its narrative and aesthetics, proposing that it allows its viewers -- children and adults, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike -- to engage with and learn about Indigenous ethics, Sámi cosmologies, and more-than-human understandings of gender and sexuality in respectful and easily approachable ways.
Descriptors: Films, Animation, Popular Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, Trauma, Colonialism, Gender Issues, Interpersonal Relationship, Indigenous Populations, Ethics, Sexuality, Feminism, Social Theories, Racism, Social Bias, Cultural Influences, Singing, LGBTQ People, Power Structure
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