Format:
1 online resource (xii, 435 pages)
ISBN:
9780203927496
,
9781135853907
,
9781135853945
,
9781135853952
Content:
Filmic adaptation and appropriation of the fairy tale -- De-Disneyfying Disney : notes on the development of the fairy-tale film -- Georges Melies : pioneer of the fairy-tale film and the art of the ridiculous -- Animated fairy-tale cartoons : celebrating the carnival art of the ridiculous -- Animated feature fairy-tale films -- Cracking the magic mirror : re-presentations of Snow White -- The trials and tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood revisited and reviewed -- Bluebeard's original sin and the rise of serial killing, mass murder, and fascism -- The triumph of the underdog : Cinderella's legacy -- Abusing and abandoning children : "Hansel and Gretel," "Tom Thumb," "The Pied Piper," "Donkey-skin," and "The juniper tree" -- choosing the right mate : why beasts and frogs make for ideal husbands -- Andersen's cinematic legacy : trivialization and innovation -- Adapting fairy-tale novels -- Between slave language and utopian optimism : neglected fairy-tale films of Central and Eastern Europe -- Fairy-tale films in dark times : breaking molds, seeing the world anew.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [376]-387) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415990622
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415990615
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415990622
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203927496
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