Fairy tale films : visions of ambiguity / Pauline Greenhill and Sidney Eve Matrix, editors

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Subjects: Fairy tales in motion pictures
Fairy tales--Film adaptations
Formats: Print
Material Type: Books
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010
LC Classification: P, PN
Table of Contents: Acknowledgments
Foreword: Grounding the Spell: The Fairy Tale Film and Transformation
Introduction: Envisioning Ambiguity: Fairy Tale Films / Jack Zipes 1
1. Mixing It Up: Generic Complexity and Gender Ideology in Early Twenty-first Century Fairy Tale Films / Sidney Eve Matrix 23
2. Building the Perfect Product: The Commodification of Childhood in Contemporary Fairy Tale Film / John Rieder 42
3. The Parallelism of the Fantastic and the Real: Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth/El Laberinto del fauno and Neomagical Realism / Naarah Sawers 60
4. Fitting the Glass Slipper: A Comparative Study of the Princess's Role in the Harry Potter Novels and Films / Tracie D. Lukasiewicz 79
5. The Shoe Still Fits: Ever After and the Pursuit of a Feminist Cinderella / Ming-Hsun Lin 99
6. Mourning Mothers and Seeing Siblings: Feminism and Place in The Juniper Tree / Christy Williams 116
7. Disney's Enchanted: Patriarchal Backlash and Nostalgia in a Fairy Tale Film / Anne Brydon 137
8. Fairy Tale Film in the Classroom: Feminist Cultural Pedagogy, Angela Carter, and Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves / Lisa Gablehouse 157
9. A Secret Midnight Ball and a Magic Cloak of Invisibility: The Cinematic Folklore of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut / Kim Snowden 178
10. Tim Burton and the Idea of Fairy Tales / Sidney Eve Matrix 198
List of Tale Types and Literary Stories / Brian Ray 219
Bibliography / Brian Ray 221
Filmography / Brian Ray 239
Contributors / Brian Ray 245
Index / Brian Ray 249
Additional Authors: Greenhill, Pauline
Matrix, Sidney Eve
Notes: LCCN: 2010021567
ISBN: 9780874217810 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0874217814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780874217827 (e-book)
ISBN: 0874217822 (e-book)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-238), filmography (p. 239-243), and index
Contents: Foreword: Grounding the spell : the fairy tale film and transformation / Jack Zipes -- Introduction: Envisioning ambiguity : fairy tale films / Pauline Greenhill and Sidney Eve Matrix -- Mixing it up : generic complexity and gender ideology in early twenty-first century fairy tale films / Cristina Bacchilega and John Rieder -- Building the perfect product : the commodification of childhood in contemporary fairy tale film / Naarah Sawers -- The parallelism of the fantastic and the real : Guillermo del Toro's Pan's labyrinth/El Laberinto del fauno and neomagical realism / Tracie D. Lukasiewicz -- Fitting the glass slipper : a comparative study of the princess's role in the Harry Potter novels and films / Ming-Hsun Lin -- The shoe still fits : Ever after and the pursuit of a feminist Cinderella / Christy Williams -- Mourning mothers and seeing siblings : feminism and place in The juniper tree / Pauline Greenhill and Anne Brydon -- Disney's Enchanted : patriarchal backlash and nostalgia in a fairy tale film / Linda Pershing with Lisa Gablehouse -- Fairy tale film in the classroom : feminist cultural pedagogy, Angela Carter, and Neil Jordan's The company of wolves / Kim Snowden -- A secret midnight ball and a magic cloak of invisibility : the cinematic folklore of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes wide shut / Sidney Eve Matrix -- Tim Burton and the idea of fairy tales / Brian Ray
Physical Description: xiii, 263 p. ; 23 cm
OCLC Number: 635468328
ISBN/ISSN: 9780874217810
0874217814
9780874217827
0874217822

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