Off with their heads! : fairy tales and the culture of childhood /

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When fairy tales moved from workrooms, taverns, and the fireside into the nursery, they not only lost much of their irreverent, earthy humor but were also deprived of their contestatory stance to official culture. Children's literature, Maria Tatar maintains, has always been more intent on prod...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tatar, Maria, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Grimm, Jacob, > (1785-1863) > Critique et interprétation.
Grimm, Wilhelm, > (1786-1859) > Critique et interprétation.
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Fairy tales > History and criticism.
Folklore and children.
Children's stories > Psychological aspects.
Contes de fées > Histoire et critique.
Folklore et enfants.
Histoires pour enfants > Aspect psychologique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Fairy tales.
Märchen
Kind
Sozialisation
Kindesmisshandlung > Motiv
Kinderverhalen.
Volksverhalen.
Sprookjes.
Kinderpsychologie.
Enfants > Folklore.
Représentation mentale chez l'enfant.
Tales
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Rewritten by Adults: The inscription of children's literature
  • II. "Teaching them a lesson": The pedagogy of fear in fairy tales
  • III. Just desserts: Reward-and-punishment tales
  • IV. Wilhelm Grimm / Maurice Sendak: Dear Mili and the art of dying happily ever after
  • V. Daughters of Eve: Fairy-tale heroines and their seven sins
  • VI. Tyranny at home: "Catskin" and "Cinderella"
  • VII. Beauties and beasts: From blind obedience to love at first sight
  • VIII. "As sweet as love": Violence and the fulfillment of wishes
  • IX. Table matters: Cannibalism and oral greed
  • X. Telling differences: Parents vs. children in "The Juniper Tree"
  • Epilogue: Reinvention through intervention.

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