Shearon Roberts is assistant professor of mass communication and a faculty member in African American and diaspora studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

• Part I: Rebranding the Disney PrincessChapter One: Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social MovementsShearon RobertsChapter Two: Diversity Sells: The Dollars and Cents of Woke RebrandingShaniece B. Bickham and Shearon RobertsChapter Three: Sofia the First: A Princess Life Fit for a Preschool AudienceSarah MabenChapter Four: From Princess to Heroine: Expanding Representations of Girls and WomenJana Thomas and Holly SpeckChapter Five: Pop, Hip-Hop, and the Hamiltonization of the Disney SoundtrackDaron Roberts and Turon NicholasPart II: Diversifying the Disney PrincessChapter Six: Elena of Avalor and Mama Coco: Latina Sheroes and Knowledge KeepersAlberto Rodriguez and Veronica N. DurantChapter Seven: #NolaBorn: Tiana and the Road Home for New Orleans ResidentsSheryl Kennedy HaydelChapter Eight: Moana: The Daughter of the Chief and Polynesian (in)VisibilityJenny BanhChapter Nine: #MakeMulanRight: Retracing the Genealogy of Mulan from Ancient Chinese Tale

Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements brings together a wide range of scholars to provide up to date analyses on the many faces of contemporary Disney productions. Written in a highly accessible style and taking up central issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, generation, and nation, the chapters in this book explore most of the recent Disney hits in relation to issues of difference and diversity. As such this book makes an excellent addition to the growing field of Disney studies.

Shearon Roberts is assistant professor of mass communication and a faculty member in African American and diaspora studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

• Part I: Rebranding the Disney PrincessChapter One: Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social MovementsShearon RobertsChapter Two: Diversity Sells: The Dollars and Cents of Woke RebrandingShaniece B. Bickham and Shearon RobertsChapter Three: Sofia the First: A Princess Life Fit for a Preschool AudienceSarah MabenChapter Four: From Princess to Heroine: Expanding Representations of Girls and WomenJana Thomas and Holly SpeckChapter Five: Pop, Hip-Hop, and the Hamiltonization of the Disney SoundtrackDaron Roberts and Turon NicholasPart II: Diversifying the Disney PrincessChapter Six: Elena of Avalor and Mama Coco: Latina Sheroes and Knowledge KeepersAlberto Rodriguez and Veronica N. DurantChapter Seven: #NolaBorn: Tiana and the Road Home for New Orleans ResidentsSheryl Kennedy HaydelChapter Eight: Moana: The Daughter of the Chief and Polynesian (in)VisibilityJenny BanhChapter Nine: #MakeMulanRight: Retracing the Genealogy of Mulan from Ancient Chinese Tale

Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements brings together a wide range of scholars to provide up to date analyses on the many faces of contemporary Disney productions. Written in a highly accessible style and taking up central issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, generation, and nation, the chapters in this book explore most of the recent Disney hits in relation to issues of difference and diversity. As such this book makes an excellent addition to the growing field of Disney studies.

Shearon Roberts is assistant professor of mass communication and a faculty member in African American and diaspora studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

• Part I: Rebranding the Disney PrincessChapter One: Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social MovementsShearon RobertsChapter Two: Diversity Sells: The Dollars and Cents of Woke RebrandingShaniece B. Bickham and Shearon RobertsChapter Three: Sofia the First: A Princess Life Fit for a Preschool AudienceSarah MabenChapter Four: From Princess to Heroine: Expanding Representations of Girls and WomenJana Thomas and Holly SpeckChapter Five: Pop, Hip-Hop, and the Hamiltonization of the Disney SoundtrackDaron Roberts and Turon NicholasPart II: Diversifying the Disney PrincessChapter Six: Elena of Avalor and Mama Coco: Latina Sheroes and Knowledge KeepersAlberto Rodriguez and Veronica N. DurantChapter Seven: #NolaBorn: Tiana and the Road Home for New Orleans ResidentsSheryl Kennedy HaydelChapter Eight: Moana: The Daughter of the Chief and Polynesian (in)VisibilityJenny BanhChapter Nine: #MakeMulanRight: Retracing the Genealogy of Mulan from Ancient Chinese Tale

Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements brings together a wide range of scholars to provide up to date analyses on the many faces of contemporary Disney productions. Written in a highly accessible style and taking up central issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, generation, and nation, the chapters in this book explore most of the recent Disney hits in relation to issues of difference and diversity. As such this book makes an excellent addition to the growing field of Disney studies.