Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Reality, Magic, and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths -- Studio, Director, and Writer Oeuvres -- 2. Stop-Motion Animation and the Uncanny Real: LAIKA's Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings -- 3. Camera Obscura, Zoetrope, and Flying Monkey Drone: Science and Magic in Transcultural Fairy-Tale Media -- 4. Ça existe vraiment (It really exists)!: Babine, Ésimésac, and Ostension at Saint-Élie-de-Caxton -- Themes and Issues from Three Fairy Tales -- 5. "Hansel and Gretel" Films: Queer Death, Queer Failure, Family Horror, and Science Fiction -- 6. Witches, Mothers, a Vampire, and a Babadook: Women Coping with Crimes and Harms in "The Juniper Tree" Films -- 7. Transforming Cinderellas and Cinderfellas: Intersectional Perspectives -- Moving Forward? -- 8. Final Thoughts: To Overcome the Real -- Filmography -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Author. |