LEADER 05866nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910461677903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49414-X 010 $a9786613589378 010 $a1-4008-4182-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841820 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155382 035 $a(EBL)864785 035 $a(OCoLC)779828033 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612140 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11358684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612140 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10672261 035 $a(PQKB)11182380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC864785 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000406890 035 $a(OCoLC)787846197 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37068 035 $a(DE-B1597)444162 035 $a(OCoLC)979685942 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841820 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL864785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539184 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358937 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155382 100 $a20111006d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe irresistible fairy tale$b[electronic resource] $ethe cultural and social history of a genre /$fJack Zipes 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15955-6 311 $a0-691-15338-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. The Cultural Evolution of Storytelling and Fairy Tales: Human Communication and Memetics -- $t2. The Meaning of Fairy Tale within the Evolution of Culture -- $t3. Remaking "Bluebeard," or Good- bye to Perrault -- $t4. Witch as Fairy/Fairy as Witch: Unfathomable Baba Yagas -- $t5. The Tales of Innocent Persecuted Heroines and Their Neglected Female Storytellers and Collectors -- $t6. Giuseppe Pitrč and the Great Collectors of Folk Tales in the Nineteenth Century -- $t7. Fairy- Tale Collisions, or the Explosion of a Genre -- $tAppendix A. Sensationalist Scholarship: A "New" History of Fairy Tales -- $tAppendix B. Reductionist Scholarship: A "New" Definition of the Fairy Tale -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIf there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold--and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making his case, Zipes considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's "Bluebeard"; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions. While we may never be able to fully explain fairy tales, The Irresistible Fairy Tale provides a powerful theory of how and why they evolved--and why we still use them to make meaning of our lives. 330 $aIf there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold--and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making his case, Zipes considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's "Bluebeard"; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions. 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