Kirsten Pike
Biographic Data
| ID | 6748463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Pike |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Pike |
| SIGNATURE | PIKE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University in Qatar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disney in Doha
This article explores the ways that Al Jazeera’s Jeem TV —an Arabic channel aimed at preteens in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA )—increasingly relies on content from Disney to fill its schedule, while also adapting it to better reflect cultural norms and sensitivities in the Arab Gulf. Specifically, the essay examines how Jeem’s rewriting, re-editing and dubbing strategies are transforming the gendered meanings of Disney films and TV sho…
Managing Female Adolescence in Disney's Witch Mountain Movies during the Women's Liberation Era
Although Disney's 1970s Witch Mountain films were tremendously popular with preteen girls, they have been largely overlooked in historical scholarship on gender, film, and second-wave feminism. To help extend and shed new light on the history of girls on film during the women's liberation era, this article explores how Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and Return from Witch Mountain (1978) negotiate ideas about youthful female independence, power, …
Mapping New Methodological Approaches to Girls’ Media Studies
Over the past two decades, girls' media studies has developed from a marginalized research interest into an innovative subfield exploring the relationship between girls and media cultures.As girls become increasingly visible within the production, reception, and distribution of cinema, television, and new media, girls' media studies scholars have responded by employing a diverse range of methodological approaches, including discursive and aesthet…
Gender, Nation, and Reality TV
Lessons in Liberation
Lessons in Liberation
Gender, Nation, and Reality TV
Managing Female Adolescence in Disney's Witch Mountain Movies during the Women's Liberation Era
Although Disney's 1970s Witch Mountain films were tremendously popular with preteen girls, they have been largely overlooked in historical scholarship on gender, film, and second-wave feminism. To help extend and shed new light on the history of girls on film during the women's liberation era, this article explores how Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and Return from Witch Mountain (1978) negotiate ideas about youthful female independence, power, …
Mapping New Methodological Approaches to Girls’ Media Studies
Over the past two decades, girls' media studies has developed from a marginalized research interest into an innovative subfield exploring the relationship between girls and media cultures.As girls become increasingly visible within the production, reception, and distribution of cinema, television, and new media, girls' media studies scholars have responded by employing a diverse range of methodological approaches, including discursive and aesthet…
Disney in Doha
This article explores the ways that Al Jazeera’s Jeem TV —an Arabic channel aimed at preteens in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA )—increasingly relies on content from Disney to fill its schedule, while also adapting it to better reflect cultural norms and sensitivities in the Arab Gulf. Specifically, the essay examines how Jeem’s rewriting, re-editing and dubbing strategies are transforming the gendered meanings of Disney films and TV sho…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Entertainment (2 works)