Sociology of gender and homelessness: Pinocchio and Anastasia, vs Marjane Satrapi( Persepolis)

Abstract

Investigation on Gender dimension of comparison in between the Anastasia, and  Pinocchio characters in cartoons, was conducted in group of BA students, of Sociology, at Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at Sociology of Gender I classes. Student showed high interest, and responded, and discussed, all of the offered questions. Interest in the analysis of cartoons, especially Disney characters, or post-feministic Disney masculinities( Michael Macaluso), and femininities, was higher than in the other themes. Focus on to the theme of the gender dimensions of Youth homelessness, influenced very wider aftermath discussion. Marjane Satrapi, author of the Persepolis , an autobiographical graphic novel of her own coming of the age, offers perspective on pleads of problems, of youth femininities, and masculinities, in this research group opinions, is identified more with Anastasia, than with Pinocchio. Students included Disney Villain characters, in their responses to the questions