LEADER 02801nam 2200517 450 001 9910796649503321 005 20200923020339.0 010 $a1-134-66924-0 010 $a1-134-66923-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000001039346 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5119536 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5119536 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11463913 035 $a(OCoLC)1011167252 035 $a(BIP)047579883 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001039346 100 $a20171202h20171998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aCultural studies$hVolume 12, Number 2 $etheorizing politics, politicizing theory 210 1$aOxon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 210 4$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (177 pages) 225 1 $aCultural Studies,$x0950-2386 ;$vVolume 12, Number 2 311 $a0-415-18426-6 330 8 $aWhat happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories derived from European cultures. One chapter is devoted to various retellings of classics, from Shakespeare to "Wind in the Willows."The authors offer a general theory of what motivates the retelling of stories, and how stories express the aspirations of a society. An important function of stories is to introduce children to a cultural heritage, and to transmit a body of shared allusions and experiences that expresses a society's central values and assumptions. However, the cultural heritage may be modified through a pervasive tendency of retellings to produce socially conservative outcomes because of ethnocentric, androcentric and class-based assumptions in the source stories that persist into retellings. Therefore, some stories, such as classical myths, are particularly resistant to feminist reinterpretations, for example, while other types, such as folktales, are more malleable. In examining such possibilities, the book evaluates the processes of interpretation apparent in retellings. Index included. 410 0$aCultural studies ;$vVolume 12, Number 2. 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aCritical theory 610 $aCulture 610 $aSocial Science 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aCritical theory. 676 $a306.071 702 $aGrossberg$b Lawrence$4edt 702 $aPollock$b Della$4edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796649503321 996 $aCultural studies$9977252 997 $aUNINA