Fairy tales and the art of subversion [electronic resource] : the classical genre for children and the process of civilization / Jack Zipes, with a new introduction by the author.

By: Zipes, Jack, 1937-Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge classicsPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 265 pISBN: 9780203805251 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Fairy tales -- History and criticism | Children -- Books and reading | Socialization | Moral developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Click here to view Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Fairy-tale discourse : toward a social history of the genre -- 2. The origins of the fairy tale in Italy : Straparola and Basile -- 3. Setting standards for civilization through fairy tales : Charles Perrault and the subversive role of women writers -- 4. Who's afraid of the brothers Grimm? : socialization and politicization through fairy tales -- 5. Hans Christian Andersen and the discourse of the dominated -- 6. Inverting and subverting the world with hope : the fairy tales of George MacDonald, Oscar Wilde, and L. Frank Baum -- 7. The battle over fairy-tale discourse : family, friction, and socialization in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany -- 8. The liberating potential of the fantastic in contemporary fairy tales for children -- 9. Walt Disney's civilizing mission : from revolution to restoration.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index.

1. Fairy-tale discourse : toward a social history of the genre -- 2. The origins of the fairy tale in Italy : Straparola and Basile -- 3. Setting standards for civilization through fairy tales : Charles Perrault and the subversive role of women writers -- 4. Who's afraid of the brothers Grimm? : socialization and politicization through fairy tales -- 5. Hans Christian Andersen and the discourse of the dominated -- 6. Inverting and subverting the world with hope : the fairy tales of George MacDonald, Oscar Wilde, and L. Frank Baum -- 7. The battle over fairy-tale discourse : family, friction, and socialization in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany -- 8. The liberating potential of the fantastic in contemporary fairy tales for children -- 9. Walt Disney's civilizing mission : from revolution to restoration.

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