Routledge Companion to Fairy-Tale Cultures

Description:

"From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural studies, addressing, among others, issues of reception, audience cultures, ideology, remediation, and adaptation. Examples and case studies are drawn from a wide range of pertinent disciplines and settings, providing thorough, accessible treatment of central topics and specific media from around the globe."--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Social sciences,  Fairy tales,  In mass media,  Contes de fées,  Dans les médias,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Folklore & Mythology,  Mass media,  Mass media and fairy tales,  Popular culture and literature,  Mass media and folklore,  Social aspects,  Folklore in popular culture