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BL
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586226
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b415445
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| Main Entry
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Bacchilega, Cristina,1955-
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| Title & Author
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Postmodern fairy tales : : gender and narrative strategies /\ Cristina Bacchilega.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, c1997.
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| Page. NO
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xi, 208 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0812233921 (acid-free paper)
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: 9780812233926 (acid-free paper)
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: 0812216830 (pbk.: alk paper)
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: 9780812216837 (pbk.: alk paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.
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| Contents
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Performing wonders: postmodern revisions of fairy tales -- The framing of "Snow White": narrative and gender (re)production -- Not re(a)d once and for all: "Little Red Riding Hood"'s voice in performance -- In the eye of the beholder: "Where is Beast?" -- "Be bold, be bold, but not too bold": double agents and Bluebeard's plot -- Epilogue. Peopling the bloody chambers: "Once upon many times" and "Once upon one time".
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| Abstract
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"This book offers a historicizing perspective on the question of gender in fairy tales, focusing on past and present versions of four classic stories in order to analyze their varying representations of women."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Subject
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Fairy tales-- History and criticism.
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Symbolism in fairy tales.
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Sex role, Folklore.
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Women, Folklore.
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| LC Classification
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GR550.B33 1997
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