“Where All Dreams Are Good Dreams”? The Dramatic Function of the Lullaby in Disney's Animated Feature Films and the Trope of the Romantic Mother

Abstract

Abstract This article demonstrates (1) how Disney's animated films follow a long tradition of connecting lullabies to loss and death; (2) how an analytical approach toward lullabies can correct established opinions on the representation of mothers in these films; and (3) how both phenomena draw on a specific perception of childhood and motherhood modeled by Romanticism.