ISBN:
9789004418998
,
9004418997
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 340 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
At the Interface/Probing the boundaries volume 129
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Brugué, Lydia Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic : Subverting Gender and Genre
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Fairy tales in motion pictures
;
Fairy tales Adaptations
;
Comic books, strips, etc
;
Folklore in literature
;
Literature, Modern History and criticism
;
Fairy tales History and criticism
;
Fairy tales in literature
;
Fairy tales Adaptations History and criticism
;
Fairy tales in literature
;
Fairy tales in motion pictures
;
Folklore in literature
;
Literature, Modern
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Fairy tales ; Adaptations
;
Fairy tales
;
Contes de fées dans la littérature
;
Contes de fées au cinéma
;
Folklore dans la littérature
;
Contes de fées - Histoire et critique
;
Adaptations
;
Comics (Graphic works)
;
Bandes dessinées
Abstract:
"For centuries, fairy tales and folktales have given us- children and adults- the opportunity to escape from reality by transporting us to magical worlds of flying broomsticks, enchanted forests, spells, ogres, talking animals, princes, princesses, castles and dragons."
Abstract:
Part 1. Contemporary Subversions of Gender in Fairy Tales -- Part 2. The Darkness of Contemporary Fairy Tales -- Part 3. Other Contemporary Subversions of Genre through Fairy Tales.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
