Contemporary fairy- tale magic : subverting gender and genre / / edited by Lydia Brugué and Auba Llompart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795278903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 90-04-41899-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: At the Interface/ Probing the Boundaries ; ; Volume 129
• Disciplina: 398.02
• Soggetti: Fairy tales - History and criticism; Fairy tales in literature; Fairy tales in motion pictures; Fairy tales; Folklore in literature; Literature, Modern - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1. Contemporary Subversions of Gender in Fairy Tales -- Part 2. The Darkness of Contemporary Fairy Tales -- Part 3. Other Contemporary Subversions of Genre through Fairy Tales.
• Sommario/riassunto: "For centuries, fairy tales and folktales have given us- children and adults- the opportunity to escape from reality by transporting us to magical worlds of flying broomsticks, enchanted forests, spells, ogres, talking animals, princes, princesses, castles and dragons".