Consuming agency in fairy tales, childlore, and folkliterature / Susan Honeyman.

In this book Honeyman looks at manifestations of youth agency (and representations of agency produced for youth) as depicted in fairy tales, childlore and folk literature, investigating the dynamic of ideological manipulation and independent resistance as it can be read or expressed in bodies, first...

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Main Author: Honeyman, Susan.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Routledge studies in folklore and fairy tales ; 2.
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Summary:In this book Honeyman looks at manifestations of youth agency (and representations of agency produced for youth) as depicted in fairy tales, childlore and folk literature, investigating the dynamic of ideological manipulation and independent resistance as it can be read or expressed in bodies, first through social puppetry and then through coercive temptation (our consumption replacing the more obvious strings that bind us). Reading tales like Popeye, Hansel & Gretel, and Pinocchio, Honeyman concentrates on the agency of young subjects through material relations,
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220) and index.
ISBN:9781136603952
1136603956
0203370198
9780203370193
9781136603907
1136603905
9781136603945
1136603948
9780415860888
0415860881
Access:Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty, and staff.