Feminist Fairy Tales

Feminist Fairy Tales
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9780062288356
ISBN-13 : 0062288350
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Feminist Fairy Tales by : Barbara G. Walker

Prominent feminist author Barbara Walker has revamped, retold, and infused with life some of your favorite classic fairy tales. No longer are women submissive, helpless creatures in need of redemption through the princely male! Instead they are vibrantly alive, strong women who take fate into their own hands.

Fairy Tales and Feminism

Fairy Tales and Feminism
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Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0814330304
ISBN-13 : 9780814330302
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Fairy Tales and Feminism by : Donald Haase

Responding to thirty years of feminist fairy-tale scholarship, this book breaks new ground by rethinking important questions, advocating innovative approaches, and introducing woman-centered texts and traditions that have been ignored for too long.

The Adventurous Princess and Other Feminist Fairy Tales

The Adventurous Princess and Other Feminist Fairy Tales
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Publisher : Publisher Obscura
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 1925652998
ISBN-13 : 9781925652994
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Adventurous Princess and Other Feminist Fairy Tales by : Erin-Claire Barrow

What if Beauty stood up to the Beast, the Princess never tried to sleep on the pea (and wouldn't have noticed it if she had), and the Swan Maiden took her revenge on the hunter who kidnapped her? The Adventurous Princess and other feminist fairy tales is a retelling of nine traditional fairy tales with a feminist twist. Fairy tales open up new worlds full of enchantment and adventure, but many of these traditional stories also reinforce rigid gender roles and norms, perpetuate stereotypes, and lack diversity in their characters. In The Adventurous Princess, the charm, whimsy, and magic of traditional fairy tales remain, but the diverse characters challenge stereotypes about who they should be or how they should act, stand up for themselves, and shape their own futures.

Cinderella Liberator

Cinderella Liberator
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Publisher : Haymarket Books
Total Pages : 55
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ISBN-10 : 9781642591194
ISBN-13 : 164259119X
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Cinderella Liberator by : Rebecca Solnit

“What would the world look like if girls grew up reading fairytales made from the magic they carry inside themselves? Breathtakingly beautiful, is what.” —Lidia Yuknavich, national bestselling author In her debut children’s book, Rebecca Solnit reimagines a classic fairytale with a fresh, feminist Cinderella and new plot twists that will inspire young readers to change the world, featuring gorgeous silhouettes from Arthur Rackham on each page. In this modern twist on the classic story, Cinderella, who would rather just be Ella, meets her fairy godmother, goes to a ball, and makes friends with a prince. But that is where the familiar story ends. Instead of waiting to be rescued, Cinderella learns that she can save herself and those around her by being true to herself and standing up for what she believes. “Being a princess is absolutely fine if that’s what you choose. It’s having those choices taken away from you that make for big problems. Cinderella in Solnit’s book is given that choice. She’s allowed to say what her dreams are, and then she goes out and attains them. And they’re not huge ridiculous dreams but small, happy, manageable ones. Ultimately, that’s the gift Ms. Solnit is giving kids with this book.” —School Library Journal “This is a reminder of hope and possibility, of kindness and compassion, and—perhaps most salient—imagination and liberty. Through the imaginations of our childhoods, can we find our true selves liberated in adulthood?” —Chelsea Handler “This is, hands down, a wonderful book—one that even the jaded reader will clasp upon completion with a contented sigh.” —The New York Times

Fairy Tales and Society

Fairy Tales and Society
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780812201505
ISBN-13 : 0812201507
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Fairy Tales and Society by : Ruth B. Bottigheimer

This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. A few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the 1001 Nights; the female voice in folklore and fairy tale; change in narrative form; tests, tasks, and trials in the Grimms' fairy tales; and folklorists as agents of nationalism. The subject of methodology is discussed by Torborg Lundell, Stven Swann Jones, Hans-Jorg Uther, and Anna Tavis.

Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales

Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales
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Publisher : Virago
Total Pages : 584
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ISBN-10 : 9780349008219
ISBN-13 : 0349008213
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales by : Angela Carter

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much-missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts.

Kissing the Witch

Kissing the Witch
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9780064407724
ISBN-13 : 0064407721
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Kissing the Witch by : Emma Donoghue

Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA

Red Hood

Red Hood
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780062742377
ISBN-13 : 006274237X
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Red Hood by : Elana K. Arnold

A dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power—and one girl’s journey to regain it. Five starred reviews greeted this powerful story from Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor winner Damsel. You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly naked. And the wolf is angry. Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life in a little house in Seattle. She’s kept mostly to herself. She’s been good. But then comes the night of homecoming, when she finds herself running for her life over roots and between trees, a fury of claws and teeth behind her. A wolf attacks. Bisou fights back. A new moon rises. And with it, questions. About the blood in Bisou’s past, and on her hands as she stumbles home. About broken boys and vicious wolves. About girls lost in the woods—frightened, but not alone.

Don't Bet on the Prince

Don't Bet on the Prince
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Publisher : New York : Methuen
Total Pages : 270
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0416013813
ISBN-13 : 9780416013818
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Don't Bet on the Prince by : Jack Zipes

A collection of fairy tales and essays written to break with the classical tradition of fairy tales with dominant males.

Damsel

Damsel
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780062742346
ISBN-13 : 0062742345
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Damsel by : Elana K. Arnold

*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book* A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been. When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon or what horrors she faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome young man, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny of sitting on a throne beside him. It’s all like a dream, like something from a fairy tale. As Ama follows Emory to the kingdom of Harding, however, she discovers that not all is as it seems. There is more to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows, and the greatest threats may not be behind her, but around her, now, and closing in.