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Breaking the magic spell : radical theories of folk and fairy tales /
This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
2002.
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| Edición: | Rev. and expanded ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political context and traces their evolution into literary fairy tales, a metamorphosis that often diminished the ideology of the original narrative. Zipes also looks at how folk tales influence our popular beliefs and the ways they have been exploited by a corporate media network intent on regulating the mysti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 278 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813170305 0813170303 9780813137803 0813137802 |