From Dog Bridegroom to Wolf Girl : Contemporary Japanese Fairy-Tale Adaptations in Conversation with the West /

As in the United States, fairy-tale characters, motifs, and patterns (many from the Western canon) have pervaded recent Japanese culture. Like their Western counterparts, these contemporary adaptations tend to have a more female-oriented perspective than traditional tales and feature female characte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murai, Mayako (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Series in fairy-tale studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Fairy tales > Cross-cultural studies.
Fairy tales > Japan > History and criticism > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The depth of fairy tales : reclaiming wonder for adults
  • 2. Tawada Yōko's stories of (un)metamorphosis
  • 3. Ogawa Yōko's invitation to the bloody chamber
  • 4. Yanagi Miwa's dismantling of grandmother's house
  • 5. Kōnoike Tomoko's wolf girls in the woods
  • Epilogue.

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