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Author Bacchilega, Cristina, 1955-

Title Postmodern fairy tales : gender and narrative strategies / Cristina Bacchilega.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1997]
©1997

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.2 B116P    Check Shelf
Description xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-203) and index.
Contents Performing wonders: postmodern revisions of fairy tales -- The framing of "Snow White": narrative and gender (re)production -- Not re(a)d once and for all: "Little Red Riding Hood"'s voice in performance -- In the eye of the beholder: "Where is Beast?" -- "Be bold, be bold, but not too bold": double agents and Bluebeard's plot -- Epilogue. Peopling the bloody chambers: "Once upon many times" and "Once upon one time".
Subject Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Symbolism in fairy tales.
Sex role -- Folklore.
Women -- Folklore.
ISBN 0812233921 (acid-free paper)
0812216830 paperback : alk paper
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