The fairest of them all : Snow White and 21 tales of mothers and daughters / Maria Tatar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tatar, Maria, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snow White (Tale).

Mothers and daughters in literature.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Genre:

Fairy tales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Snow White and 21 tales of mothers and daughters

Snow White and twenty-one tales of mothers and daughters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

We think we know the story of Snow White from Disney and the Brothers Grimm. But acclaimed folklorist Maria Tatar reveals dazzling variations from across the globe. The story of the rivalry between a beautiful, innocent girl and her equally beautiful and cruel mother has been endlessly repeated and refashioned all over the world. In Switzerland you might hear about seven dwarfs who shelter a girl, only to be murdered by robbers. In Armenia a mother orders her husband to kill his daughter because the moon has declared her “the most beautiful of all.” The Brothers Grimm gave this story the name by which we know it best, and in 1937 Walt Disney sweetened their somber version to make the first feature-length, animated fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Since then the Disney film has become our cultural touchstone—the innocent heroine, her evil stepmother, the envy that divides them, and a romantic rescue from domestic drudgery and maternal persecution. But, as every fan of the story knows, there is more to Snow White than that. The magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the catatonic sleep, and the strange scene of revivification are important elements in the phantasmagoria of the Snow White universe. Maria Tatar, an acclaimed folklorist and translator, brings to life a global melodrama of mother-daughter rivalries that play out across countries and cultures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Introduction

LITTLE SNOW WHITE

THE YOUNG SLAVE

THE DEATH OF THE SEVEN DWARFS

MAROULA AND THE MOTHER OF EROS

THE ENCHANTED STOCKINGS

PRINCESS AUBERGINE

SNOW-WHITE- FIRE- RED

THE MAGIC SLIPPERS

THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

SILVER-TREE AND GOLD-TREE

KING PEACOCK

THE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER

THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA

THE GIRL AND THE DOG

THE UNNATURAL MOTHER AND THE GIRL WITH A STAR ON HER FOREHEAD

THE HUNTER AND HIS SISTER

THE WITCH’S DAUGHTER

NOURIE HADIG

BLANCA ROSA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

THE WONDER CHILD

THE JEALOUS MOTHER

Bibliography

Credits

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674245808

0674245806

9780674245822

0674245822

OCLC:

1143642819