Reading Disney: Ideological Approach to Mulan Kim, Il-Hwan(Jeonnam Provincial College) The aim of this study is to reveal hidden strategy in Mulan. The story of Mulan comes from the ancient China, but it is significantly Disneyfied in that Western ideology takes place of that of the Orient. Eventually the scope of Disney's world extended to the Chinese culture. In this appropriation, economic or ideological considerations are involved. Above all, Mulan has more advanced view on woman than any other works in Disney canon. From the feministic viewpoint, therefore, this work can be analyzed good work in which new woman is established. But it has great shortcomings. In this work, male-oriented and conservative social order doesn't allow woman to participate the fight. Heroine(or hero) Mulan decides to display her power in her disguise. And she became a hero(ine) after defeating the enemy. At last, she was depicted as another conservative-minded woman character.