Maria Tatar

(Author)

Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of ChildhoodPaperback, 24 October 1993

Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
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Print Length
332 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
24 Oct 1993
ISBN-10
0691000883
ISBN-13
9780691000886

Description

When Hansel and Gretel try to eat the witch's gingerbread house in the woods, are they indulging their "uncontrolled cravings" and "destructive desires" or are they simply responding normally to the hunger pangs they feel after being abandoned by their parents? Challenging Bruno Bettelheim and other critics who read fairy tales as enactments of children's untamed urges, Maria Tatar argues that it is time to stop casting the children as villians. In this provocative book she explores how adults mistreat children, focusing on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners.

Product Details

Author:
Maria Tatar
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 October 1993
Dimensions:
23.42 x 15.44 x 2.18 cm
ISBN-10:
0691000883
ISBN-13:
9780691000886
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
332
Weight:
494.42 gm

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