Contemporary fairy-tale magic : subverting gender and genre /
Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020] |
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Description: | xviii, 340 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ; volume 129 At the interface/probing the boundaries ; vol. 129. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12030934 |
Summary: | Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic , edited by Lydia Brugu 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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Physical Description: | xviii, 340 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004418981 9004418989 9789004418998 |