Disfigured
On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
Toronto : Coach House Books, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 253 pages : portrait ; 19 cm.
Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference--back cover.
Series: Exploded views.
Contents:
The child whose head was bathed in darkness -- Disability : a fairy tale -- In olden times, when wishing still helped : the fairy tale in France and Germany -- Someday my prince will come : Disney and the world without shadows -- The little dumb foundling : Hans Christian Andersen's ugly little ducklings -- "Something below humanity : the beautiful and the beastly -- The desolate land -- Monsters and marvels -- The great unravelling -- Afterword.
Subjects:
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Disabilities in literature.
People with disabilities in literature.
Invalids in literature.
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Disabilities in literature.
People with disabilities in literature.
Invalids in literature.
ISBN:
9781552453957
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore Led | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246).
Issued also in electronic formats.
Issued also in electronic formats.