Happily ever after : fairy tales, children, and the culture industry / Jack Zipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Folklore and children.

Fairy tales--Film adaptations.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 171p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1997.

Summary:

Zipes addresses his ongoing concern in the socialisation of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as film. Zipes is the author of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion.

Addressing his ongoing concerns, the author of this text examines the socialization of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as a film. As a result of analyzing the historical trajectory of storytelling and the literary fairy tale, the essays in this volume move from the 16th century to the present, between different cultures and societies, and from specific analyses to general syntheses.

Contents:

1. Of cats and men : framing the civilizing discourse of the fairy tale

2. The rationalization of abandonment and abuse in fairy tales : the case of Hansel and Gretel

3. Toward a theory of the fairy-tale film : the case of Pinocchio

4. Once upon a time beyond Disney : contemporary fairy-tale films for children

5. Lion kings and the culture industry

6. Revisiting Benjamin's "The storyteller" : reviving the past to move forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-25303-X

0-415-91850-2

0-203-94915-3

1-135-25296-3

9780203949153

OCLC:

856934701