Little Red Riding Hood uncloaked : sex, morality, and the evolution of a fairy tale / Catherine Orenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orenstein, Catherine, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Little Red Riding Hood (Tale).

Physical Description:

xiii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [2002]

Summary:

A young scholar goes to Grandmother's house--and beyond--to uncover the surprisingly complex and contradictory morals found in the seemingly simple folk tale of Little Red Riding Hood. Illustrations.

Contents:

Introduction: Cloaking the Heroine 1

I Little Red Riding Hood: To Be Chaste

or Chased? 17

II Little Red Cap: To Walk the Straight Path 39

III The Grandmother's Tale: To Come of Age 63

IV Stubbe Peeter, Werewolf: A True Story 85

V Red Hot Riding Hood: A Babe in the Woods 107

VI The Waiting Wolf: In the Belly of the Beast 131

VII The Company of Wolves: She-Wolf or Bitch? 155

VIII Red Riding Hood Redux: The Cross-Dressing Wolf 177

IX The Punishment of Red Riding Hood: Fairy-Tale Fetish 205

X Freeway: A Ride in the Hood 219

Epilogue: Under the Cloak 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-269) and index.

ISBN:

0465041256

OCLC:

49415799