Fairy Tales in Popular Culture

ISBN-13: 9781554811441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Martin Hallett

Opis

It wasn't so long ago that the fairy tale was comfortably settled as an established and respectable part of children's literature. Since the fairy tale has always been a mirror of its times, however, we should not be surprised that in the latter part of the twentieth century it turned dark and ambiguous; its categorical distinction between good and evil was increasingly at odds with the times. Yet whatever changes the fairy tale may have undergone, its cultural popularity has never been greater.

Fairy Tales and Popular Culture sets out to show how the tale has been adapted to meet the needs of the contemporary world; how writers, film-makers, artists and other communicators have found in its universality an ideal vehicle for speaking to the here-and-now; and how social media has created a participatory culture that has re-invented the folktale. A selection of recent retellings show how the tale is being recalibrated for the contemporary world, first through the word and then through the image.

In addition to the introductions that precede each section, the anthology provides a selection of critical pieces that offer lively insight into various aspects of the fairy tale as popular culture.

Spis treści

• Introduction: The Fairy Tale and Popular Culture
• The Art of Retelling
• Prose
• 1. Gregory Maguire, "The Three Little Penguins and the Big Bad Walrus"
• 2. Adam Gidwitz, Introduction to A Tale Dark and Grimm
• 3. Robin McKinley, "The Princess and the Frog"
• 4. Garth Nix, "Hansel's Eyes"
• 5. Neil Gaiman, "Snow, Glass, Apples"
• 6. Kim Addonizio, "Ever After"
• 7. James Finn Garner, "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• Poetry and Lyrics
• 1. Roald Dahl, "The Three Little Pigs"
• 2. Shel Silverstein, "Mirror, Mirror"
• 3. Tim Seibles, "What Bugs Bunny Said To Red Riding Hood"
• 4. Katharyn Howd Machan, "Hazel tells Laverne"
• 5. Anita Baker, "Fairy Tales"
• 6. Sara Bareilles, "Fairytale"
• The Comic Book and the Graphic Novel
• 1. Will Eisner, from The Princess and the Frog
• 2. Bill Willingham, from Fables
• 3. Tyler & Tedesco, from Grimm Fairy Tales
• 4. Jonathan Vankin (ed.), from The Big Book of Grimm
• 5. Sean Dietrich, from Hansel and Gretel
• 6. Shannon and Dean Hale, from Rapunzel's Revenge
• Illustration and Art
• 1. Gustave Doré, from ""Little Thumb""
• 2. Arthur Rackham, from ""The Frog Prince""
• 3. Michael Foreman, from "Briar-Rose or, The Sleeping Beauty"
• 4. Sarah Moon, from Little Red Riding Hood
• 5. Szieszka and Lane Smith, from The Stinky Cheese Man
• 6. Camille Rose Garcia, from Snow White
• 7. Kiki Smith, "Born"
• 8. Paula Rego, "Snow White"
• 9. Marlene Dumas, "Snow White and the Broken Arm"
• The Stage
• The Movies
• Television
• Advertising
• 1. Amnesty International, "Little Red Riding Hood"
• 2. Burger King, "Little Red Riding Hood"
• 3. "Snow White" Anthropologie catalogue cover
• 4. Ajuda de Mae, "Snow White"
• 5. Melissa, "Rapunzel"
• 6. Pantene, "Rapunzel"
• 7. Brain Candy Toys, "Cinderella"
• Participatory Culture
• Epilogue: The Fairy-Tale Wedding
• Criticism
• 1. Sarah Bonner, "Visualising Little Red Riding Hood"
• 2. Maria Tatar, "Fairy Tales in the Age of Terror"
• 3. Henry A. Giroux & Grace Pollock, "Disney and the Politics of Public Culture"
• 4. Gail de Vos, "Storytelling, Folktales and the Comic-Book Format"
• 5. Catherine Orenstein, "Red Hot Riding Hood: A Babe in the Woods"
• 6. Graeme McMillan, "Another Bite of the Poisoned Apple"
• 7. Emily Rome, "'Once Upon a Time' Team: We Show Women Who Aren't Afraid of Power"
• 8. Alex Fury, "The Fairest of Them All"
• 9. Jessica Tiffin, "Magical Illusion: Fairy-Tale Film"
• Bibliography