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Available
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Publication
Routledge (1899), Edition: 2nd, 284 pages
Description
A collection of fairy tales and essays written to break with the classical tradition of fairy tales with dominant males.
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LibraryThing member the_awesome_opossum
As much as I love fairy tales, the feminist in me found it terribly frustrating that none of the heroines were ever particularly strong, intelligent, or even relatable. So finding this collection of short stories, contemporary fairy tales with a zing of feminism, was very affirming for me. It's not
And even without any ideology attached, this is just a great book of short stories. My favorites were Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty is now an insomniac), Wolfland (an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood), and the final story Bluebeard's Egg, by Margaret Atwood
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that the men in the stories are all buffoons, or should be gotten rid of (the worst sort of "feminism"). But the women in these updated fairy tales are much more likeable than the fragile archetypes in the classic fairy tales. And even without any ideology attached, this is just a great book of short stories. My favorites were Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty is now an insomniac), Wolfland (an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood), and the final story Bluebeard's Egg, by Margaret Atwood
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LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: New Paperback. Published by Routledge. . New, not a used item
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Did I actually read this? Well, I read all the tales. None made an impression upon me. I skimmed some of the intro. and the criticisms, but since I'm not the kind of feminist who takes 'Women's Studies' courses, or the kind of mother who bought into the notions of Bruno Bettleheim, I didn't get
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anything out of them. I recommend, instead, Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls ed. by Jane Yolen, or The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women ed. by Katrin Hyman Tchana or (maybe, as I've not read it yet) Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World ed. by Kathleen Ragan. Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1987
Physical description
284 p.; 6.14 inches
ISBN
0415902630 / 9780415902632
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anthologies