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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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Series: | Routledge studies in folklore and fairy tales ;
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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, |
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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. |