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Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Maria Tatar
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:332 | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 197 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - general Children's literature studies - general |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691000886
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Classifications | Dewey:398.45 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
30 illus.
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
24 October 1993 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
When fairy tales moved from workrooms, taverns, and the fireside into the nursery, they not only lost much of their irreverent, earthy humor but were also deprived of their contestatory stance to official culture. Children's literature, Maria Tatar maintains, has always been more intent on producing docile minds than playful bodies. From its inception, it has openly endorsed a productive discipline that condemns idleness and disobedience along with most forms of social resistance.
Author Biography
Maria Tatar is Professor of German Literature at Harvard University.
ReviewsWinner of the 1992 Book Prize in Literature, German Studies Association "As provocative and stimulating as her The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, this book should give a salutary shock to everyone who brings children and tales together, convincing them that "every interpretation is a rewriting' and encouraging them "to identify what is transmitted in the stories we tell children.'"--Library Journal
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