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THE PRINCESS STORY
MODELING THE FEMININE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION AND FILM |
| By: |
Sarah Rothschild |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£73.65 |
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£66.29 |
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£7.36 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1433119528 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781433119521 |
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| Publisher: |
PETER LANG PUBLISHING INC |
| Pub. date: |
26 February, 2013 |
| Series: |
Modern American Literature 63 |
| Pages: |
274 |
| Description: |
Anyone interested in folklore studies, feminist studies, children's literature, Disney studies, film adaptations, psychology, sociology, or theories of child development will find this book essential reading. When contemplating the changes made by feminists to American culture, no one figure is as worth examining as the fictional princess, and no book has yet approached the topic as thoroughly as this one. |
| Synopsis: |
What is a princess story? In this subgenre, newly defined in The Princess Story, the protagonist either is a princess or is attempting to become one: the girl transforms into or identifies herself as a princess through marriage or through discovered identity, or both. Princess lessons often accompany this transformation, lessons that not only educate the fictional girl but also the reader. Cultural expectations and anxieties about the roles of girls and women are transmitted through princess stories, and the dialogic nature of feminism and patriarchy, forces for progress and forces for tradition, can be explored through their study. In this book, feminism and progress are embodied by the first, second, and third wave of feminist princess stories; patriarchy and tradition are represented by Disney Studios' princess stories. All of these stories influenced their readers, some of whom grew up to write their own princess stories, stories that reflected and - they hoped - furthered their ideological goals. Princess stories of the early 2000s are compelling in that they tensely balance romance and feminist assumptions. Anyone interested in folklore studies, feminist studies, children's literature, Disney studies, film adaptations, psychology, sociology, or theories of child development will find The Princess Story: Modeling the Feminine in Twentieth-Century American Fiction and Film essential reading. When contemplating the changes made by feminists to American culture, no one figure is as worth examining as the fictional princess, and no book has yet approached the topic as thoroughly as this one. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
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