About this title: Explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late 17th century, also the ideological relationship to domination and oppression in western society.
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Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813108346ISBN:0813108349
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "Tales such as BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, and RUMPELSTILSKIN have become part of everyday culture and shapers of our identitites. In this lively work, Jack Zipes explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in Western society. " This book has 192 pages and is illustrated. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Date Published: 1994-10-25
ISBN-13:9780813108346ISBN:0813108349
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813108346ISBN:0813108349
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780813108346ISBN:0813108349
Description: New. In this lively work, the author explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in western society. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-13:9780813108346ISBN:0813108349
Description: Good. 0813108349 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Zipes addreses the idea that the myth is "higher" literature than the fairy tale, and provides an insightful discussion into the process of patriarchal revision that the fairy tale has been subjected to. Case in point: he tracks the Grimm Brothers recording and revising original Hessian fairy tales, and then tracks how Disney revised the Grimm version. Comparing the original tale with the one most well-known today, we see that the older tales are much wilder, more violent, and ultimately, feature much more autonomous and independent heroines. Zipes does a pretty brilliant job."
"If you are troubled by every oblong object you see because it represents a penis used to oppress women, by all means read this book. By the end I wished I had kept a checklist of how many times "i.e., phallus" appeared in the narrative.
Useful descriptions of the origins of fairy tales, but you can get a more substantial study on the subject without having to wade through the author's penis issues."
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