Waking sleeping beauty [[electronic resource] ] : feminist voices in children's books

• Autore: Trites Roberta Seelinger <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa, : University of Iowa Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.89282082; 809/.89282/082
• Soggetto topico: Children's stories -- History and criticism; Feminism and literature; Sex role in literature; Women and literature; Children's stories - History and criticism; Literature - General; Languages & Literatures
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1. Defining the Feminist Children's Novel; 2. Subverting Stereotypes: Rejecting Traditional Gender Roles; 3. Subjectivity as a Gender Issue: Metaphors and Intertextuality; 4. Transforming Feminine Silence: Pro/claiming Female Voices; 5. Re/constructing the Female Writer: Subjectivity in the Feminist Künstlerroman; 6. Female Interdependency: Literal and Metaphoric Sisterhood; 7. Refuting Freud: Mother/Daughter Relationships; 8. Metafiction and the Politics of Identity: Narrativity, Subjectivity, and Community; 9. Afterword: Feminist Pedagogy and Children's Literature; Notes ; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Sleeping Beauty in Roberta Seelinger Trites' intriguing text is no silent snoozer passively waiting for Prince Charming to energize her life. Instead she wakes up all by herself and sets out to redefine the meaning of "happily ever after." Trites investigates the many ways that Sleeping Beauty's newfound voice has joined other strong female voices in feminist children's novels to generate equal potentials for all children.Waking Sleeping Beauty explores issues of voice in a wide range of children's novels, including books by Virginia Hamilton, Patricia MacLachlan,
• Titolo autorizzato: Waking sleeping beauty
• ISBN: 1-58729-239-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778740403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II