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The Irresistible Fairy Tale : the Cultural and Social History of a Genre

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012

Online Ressource (256 p.)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: Zipes, Jack, 1937- : Irresistible fairy tale. - Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2012 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-4008-4182-0 (electronic bk.); 1-4008-4182-8 (electronic bk.); 1-280-49414-X ; 978-1-280-49414-7

1-280-49414-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-280-49414-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-691-15338-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-691-15338-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-691-15338-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 779828033 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

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GR550 .Z59 2012

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bisacsh: SOC011000 ; bicssc: D ; bisacsh: SOC 011000

LOC-SH: Fairy tales -- History and criticism ; Fairy tales -- Social aspects ; Fairy tales -- History and criticism ; Fairy tales -- Social aspects ; Electronic books

Social Science ; Electronic books / Criticism, interpretation, etc ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; Fairy tales ; Fairy tales ; Social aspects ; Criticism, interpretation, etc

If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold--and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, ant