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.
Edited by:
Andrew Teverson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9781032475707
ISBN 10: 1032475706
Series: Routledge Worlds
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 21 January 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction: The Fairy Tale and the World Andrew Teverson Part 1: The Formation of The Canon 1. Global or Local? Where Do Fairy Tales Belong? Donald Haase 2. ‘Decolonizing’ The Canon: Critical Challenges to Eurocentrism Cristina Bacchilega 3. The Middle Eastern World’s Contribution to Fairy-Tale History Ulrich Marzolph 4. The Formation of the Literary Fairy Tale in Early Modern Italy: 1550-1636 Nancy L. Canepa 5. Social Change and the Development of the Fairy Tale in France: 1690-1799 Christine A. Jones 6. National/International/Transnational: The Brothers Grimm And Their Fairy Tales Maria Tatar 7. By Forgotten Hands: The Role of Translation in the Emergence of the Fairy Tale Gillian Lathey Part II: Africa And The Caribbean 8. Fairy Tale in Africa: A Contrast of Centuries Ruth Finnegan 9. Narratives of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Commonalities and Localizations Lee Haring 10. Fairy Tales and Folklore in South Africa Nadia van der Westhuizen 11. Strangers and Defiant Maids: Empire and the African Folk Narrative Andrew Teverson 12. West African Magical Realism Among the Wonder Genres Kim Anderson Sasser 13. Francophone Fairy Tales in West Africa and the Caribbean: Colonizing and Reclaiming Tradition Lewis C. Seifert 14. This is Not a Fairy Tale: Anansi and the Web of Narrative Power Emily Zobel Marshall 15. Decolonizing the Curriculum: African Fairy Tales and Literacies Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Part III: The Americas 16. Myths and Folktales in Latin America John Bierhorst 17. The Politics and Poetics of Märchen in Hawaiian-Language Newspapers Marie Alohalani Brown 18. The American Dream: Walt Disney’s Fairy Tales Tracey Mollet 19. African-American Adaptations of Fairy Tales Neal A. Lester 20. Sexes, Sexualities, and Gender in Cinematic North and South American Fairy Tales: Transforming Cinderellas Pauline Greenhill 21. Gender, Sexuality and the Fairy Tale in Contemporary American Literature Jeana Jorgensen 22. Fairy Tales and Digital Culture Brittany Warman 23. Fairy Tale, Fan Fiction, and Popular Media Anne Kustritz Part IV: Asia and Australasia 24. Fairy-Tale Worlds of South Asia Sadhana Naithani 25. Lovely Fairies and Crafty Ghosts in Indian Tales Pamela Lothspeich 26. Fairy Tale in the Bollywood Film Vijay Mishra 27. Fairy Tales in China: An Ongoing Evolution Juwen Zhang 28. The Fairy Tale in Contemporary Japanese Literature and Art Mayako Murai 29. Memory, Trauma and History: Fairy-Tale Film in Korea Sung-Ae Lee 30. Fairies in a Strange Land: Colonization, Migration, and the Invention of the Australian Fairy Tale Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario 31. Renegotiating ‘Once Upon a Time’: Fairy Tales in Contemporary Australian Writing Danielle Wood Part V: Europe 32. The European Sources of the Fairy Tale: A Case Study of ATU 171, ""The Three Bears"" Rose Williamson 33. ""No Fairy Tales of Their Own?"": The English and the Fairy Tale from Thoms to Jacobs Jonathan Rope 34. Fairy Tales as Children’s Literature in The Netherlands And Flanders Vanessa Joosen 35. Eco-Critical Perspectives: Nature and the Supernatural in the Cinderella Cycle Nicole A. Thesz 36. Tales Retold: Fairy Tales in Contemporary European Visual Art Sarah Bonner 37. New Materialism and Contemporary Fairy-Tale Fiction Amy Greenhough 38. Of Genres and Geopolitics: the European Fairy Tale and the Global Novel Kimberly J. Lau"
Andrew Teverson is Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Communication at Kingston University, UK.
Reviews for The Fairy Tale World
'The variety and diversity of the entries while all focused on furthering the understanding of the fairy tale is the strength of this collection. This book would be ideal for someone interested in the latest directions in fairy-tale research. It would also make an excellent text for an upper-level university course focused on a cross-cultural comparison of fairy tales. For scholars of fairy tales, this book is worth having on the shelf as a reference, as an inspiration for teaching and research, and as a way to enter the fairy-tale world.' Mary Sellers, Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies
