Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic : Subverting Gender and Genre
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| Title: | Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic : Subverting Gender and Genre |
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| Description: | Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic, edited by Lydia Brugué and Auba Llompart, studies the impact of fairy tales on contemporary cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective, with special emphasis on how literature and film are retelling classic fairy tales for modern audiences. We are currently witnessing a resurgence of fairy tales and fairy-tale characters and motifs in art and popular culture, as well as an increasing and renewed interest in reinventing and subverting these narratives to adapt them to the expectations and needs of the contemporary public. The collected essays also observe how the influence of academic disciplines like Gender Studies and current literary and cinematic trends play an important part in the revision of fairy-tale plots, characters and themes. |
| Authors: | Lydia Brugué, Auba Llompart |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Fairy tales--History and criticism, Fairy tales in motion pictures, Fairy tales in literature, Fairy tales--Adaptations--History and criticism, Literature, Modern--History and criticism, Folklore in literature, Fairy tales--Adaptations--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic, edited by Lydia Brugué and Auba Llompart, studies the impact of fairy tales on contemporary cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective, with special emphasis on how literature and film are retelling classic fairy tales for modern audiences. We are currently witnessing a resurgence of fairy tales and fairy-tale characters and motifs in art and popular culture, as well as an increasing and renewed interest in reinventing and subverting these narratives to adapt them to the expectations and needs of the contemporary public. The collected essays also observe how the influence of academic disciplines like Gender Studies and current literary and cinematic trends play an important part in the revision of fairy-tale plots, characters and themes. |
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| ISBN: | 9789004418981 9789004418998 |
