Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked

Author: Catherine Orenstein
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN: 9780465041268
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Reveals the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities, and philosophical underpinnings of the folktale, tracing its history from the court of Louis XIV to its applications in modern marketing, and showing how it has served as a measure of social and sexual mores for women. 25,000 first printing.

Little Red Riding Hood

Author: Alan Dundes
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299120344
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
"Alan Dundes of the University of California, Berkeley, continues his exploration of well-loved fairy tales with this casebook on one of the best-known of them all: Little Red Riding Hood. The twelve essays are by international scholars representing an impressive cross section of theoretical approaches."--Page 4 of cover.

Revisioning Red Riding Hood Around the World

Author: Sandra L. Beckett
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814339735
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
This unique anthology contributes to cross-cultural exchange and facilitates comparative study of the tale for readers interested in fairy-tale studies, cultural studies, and literary history.

Annotated Classic Fairy Tales

Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393051636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488

Book Description
Twenty-six classic fairy tales are supplemented by extensive literary, cultural, and historical commentary.

The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood

Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135205329
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428

Book Description
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Briar Rose

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765342300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
An American journalist is trapped in Nazi Germany in this variation on the Sleeping Beauty theme.

In Darkness

Author: Nick Lake
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408819953
Category : Gangs
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, 15-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.

Sisterhood, Interrupted

Author: Deborah Siegel
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781403973184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Contrary to clichés about the end of feminism, Deborah Siegel argues that younger women are reliving the battles of its past, and reinventing it--with a vengeance. From feminist blogging to the popularity of the WNBA, girl culture is on the rise. A lively and compelling look back at the framing of one of the most contentious social movements of our time, Sisterhood, Interrupted exposes the key issues still at stake, outlining how a twenty-first century feminist can reconcile the personal with the political and combat long-standing inequalities that continue today.

Mirror Mirrored

Author: Corwin Levi
Publisher: Uzzlepye Press
ISBN: 0982517610
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Grimms’ fairy tales, originally collected in 1812, are a timeless chronicle of the possibilities our lives all have, and the full range of human nature. The stories remain just as relevant today as when they were first published over 200 years ago. To introduce these tales to a new generation, Uzzlepye Press presents Mirror Mirrored: An Artists' Edition of 25 Grimms' Tales, a special visual edition of 25 of the stories. It includes not only almost 2,000 vintage Grimms' illustrations remixed into the book alongside the story texts, but also work from 28 contemporary artists visually reimagining these stories.

Making Arguments About Literature

Author: John Schilb
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN: 9780312431471
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 984

Book Description
Making Arguments About Literature combines a complete text on argumentative writing with a flexible anthology of literature in a compact format.