Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies - Hardcover

Bacchilega, Christina

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9780812233926: Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies

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ISBN 10: 0812233921 ISBN 13: 9780812233926

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997

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This book offers a historicizing perspective on the question of gender in fairy tales, focusing on past and present versions of four classic stories in order to analyze their varying representations of women.

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"An extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic."--Jack Zipes "Examining the workings of the powerful desire machines built into postmodern versions of 'Snow White, ' 'Little Red Riding Hood, ' 'Beauty and the Beast, ' and 'Bluebeard, ' Cristina Bacchilega's astute rereadings uncover intriguing mirrorings and revisions."--Ruth B. Bottigheimer, State University of New York at Stony Brook

From the Author:

Of interest to Angela Carter readers and scholars
Each chapter of _Postmodern Fairy Tales_ includes a close reading and discussion of stories from Angela Carter's _The Bloody Chamber_. I point this out because there is no link to Carter's work in the short descriptions of the book, and yet her 1979 collection of short stories is a central focus of this study. I hope this information is of use to Carter readers and scholars.

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