Re-orienting the fairy tale : contemporary adaptations across cultures / edited by Mayako Murai and Luciana Cardi.
| Other author | Murai, Mayako, editor. |
| Other author | Cardi, Luciana, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Series in fairy-tale studies Series in fairy-tale studies. ^A691646 |
| Contents | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Disorienting Cultural Assumptions -- 1. Fairy Tales in Site: Wonders of Disorientation, Challenges of Re-Orientation -- 2. Mo'olelo Kamaha'o 2.0: The Art and Politics of the Modern Hawaiian Wonder Tale -- 3. Re-Orienting China and America: Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China and Its TV Adaptation -- 4. Monstrous Marionette: The Tale of a Japanese Doll by Angela Carter -- Part II. Exploring New Uses -- 5. Japanese Heroine Tales and the Significance of Storytelling in Contemporary Society |
| Contents | 6. Who's Afraid of Derrida & Co.? Modern Theory Meets Three Little Pigs in the Classroom -- 7. Adults Reclaiming Fairy Tales through Cinema: Popular Fairy-Tale Movie Adaptations from the Past Decade -- 8. Trespassing the Boundaries of Fairy Tales: Pablo Berger's Silent Film Snow White -- Part III. Promoting Alternative Ethics and Aesthetics -- 9. Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale, Revising Age? -- 10. Re-Orienting Fairy-Tale Childhood: Child Protagonists as Critical Signifiers of Fairy-Tale Tropes in Transnational Contemporary Cinema |
| Contents | 11. Alice on the Edge: Girls' Culture and "Western" Fairy Tales in Japan -- 12. Magical Bird Maidens: Reconsidering Romantic Fairy Tales in Japanese Popular Culture -- 13. When Princess(es) Will Sing: Girls Rock and Alternative Queer Interpretation -- 14. The Plantation, the Garden, and the Forest: Biocultural Borderlands in Angela Carter's "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" -- Contributors -- Index |
| Abstract | New approaches to decenter Eurocentric perspectives in fairy tales and lift up storytelling cultures across the globe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Murai, Mayako. Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale : Contemporary Adaptations across Cultures. OnixTransformation. OnixModel. CityOfPublication : Wayne State University Press, ©2020 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 0814345379 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9780814345375 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |