Ebook: Feminist fairy tales
Author: Walker Barbara G
- Tags: Fairy tales -- Adaptations. Feminist fiction American. Feminism -- Fiction. Fairy tales.
- Year: 1996
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- City: San Francisco, CA
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
- epub
A rewrite of 28 classic fairy tales from a feminist point of view. Thus Aladdin becomes Ala Dean and uses the lamp to ask for moral, rather than material riches, while Red Riding Hood becomes White Riding Hood and sides with the wolf. Each story is accompanied by a foreword giving its origin. By the author of The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.
Abstract: A rewrite of 28 classic fairy tales from a feminist point of view. Thus Aladdin becomes Ala Dean and uses the lamp to ask for moral, rather than material riches, while Red Riding Hood becomes White Riding Hood and sides with the wolf. Each story is accompanied by a foreword giving its origin. By the author of The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets