ABSTRACT
The Fairy Tale World is a definitive volume on this ever-evolving field. The book draws on recent critical attention, contesting romantic ideas about timeless tales of good and evil, and arguing that fairy tales are culturally astute narratives that reflect the historical and material circumstances of the societies in which they are produced. The Fairy Tale World takes a uniquely global perspective and broadens the international, cultural, and critical scope of fairy-tale studies. Throughout the five parts, the volume challenges the previously Eurocentric focus of fairy-tale studies, with contributors looking at:
• the contrast between traditional, canonical fairy tales and more modern reinterpretations;
• responses to the fairy tale around the world, including works from every continent;
• applications of the fairy tale in diverse media, from oral tradition to the commercialized films of Hollywood and Bollywood;
• debates concerning the global and local ownership of fairy tales, and the impact the digital age and an exponentially globalized world have on traditional narratives;
• the fairy tale as told through art, dance, theatre, fan fiction, and film.
This volume brings together a selection of the most respected voices in the field, offering ground-breaking analysis of the fairy tale in relation to ethnicity, colonialism, feminism, disability, sexuality, the environment, and class. An indispensable resource for students and scholars alike, The Fairy Tale World seeks to discover how such a traditional area of literature has remained so enduringly relevant in the modern world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
The Formation of The Canon
chapter Chapter Four|10 pages
The Formation of The Literary Fairy Tale in Early Modern Italy
chapter Chapter Five|12 pages
Social Change and the Development of the Fairy Tale in France
chapter Chapter Six|12 pages
National/International/Transnational
chapter Chapter Seven|10 pages
By Forgotten Hands
part II|2 pages
Africa and the Caribbean
chapter Chapter Nine|12 pages
Narratives of the Southwest Indian Ocean
chapter Chapter Thirteen|12 pages
Francophone Fairy Tales in West Africa and the Caribbean
part III|2 pages
The Americas
chapter Chapter Seventeen|11 pages
The Politics and Poetics of Märchen in Hawaiian-Language Newspapers
chapter Chapter Twenty|12 pages
Sexes, Sexualities, and Gender in Cinematic North and South American Fairy Tales
chapter Chapter Twenty-One|13 pages
Gender, Sexuality and the Fairy Tale in Contemporary American Literature
part IV|1 pages
Asia and Australasia
chapter Chapter Thirty|10 pages
Fairies In a Strange Land
chapter Chapter Thirty-One|11 pages
Renegotiating ‘Once Upon a Time’
part V|2 pages
Europe