Fairy tales and the art of subversion : the classical genre for children and the process of civilization /
Jack Zipes.
- New York : Routledge, 1991.
- 214 p ; 22 cm.
First published: London : Heinemann Educational, 1983.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS: Acknowledgement -- Fairy tale discourse: Towards a social history of the genre -- Setting standards for civilization through fairy tales: Charles Perrault and his associations -- Who's afraid of the brother's Grimm? Socialization and politicization through fairy tales -- Hans Christain Andersen and the discourse of the dominated -- Inverting and subverting the world with hope: The fairy tales of George MacDonald, Oscar Wilde and L. Frank Baum -- The fight over fairy-tale discourse: Family, friction, and socialization in the Weimar republic and Nazi Germany -- The liberating potential of the fantastic in contemporary fairy tales for children -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Children--Books and reading. Fairy tales--History and criticism. Moral development. Socialization.