How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies?
Drawing together contributions from an international range of scholars in history, literature, and cultural studies, this volume uniquely examines creative applications of fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores how the fairy tale has become a genre that flourishes on film, on TV, and in digital media, as well as in the older technologies of print, performance, and the visual arts.
An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history, the visual arts and cultural studies, this book explores such themes and topics as: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power.
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set)
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Modern Age is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales, tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Edited by:
Professor Andrew Teverson (Kingston University UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 168mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781350594159
ISBN 10: 1350594156
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations Series Preface Introduction: Fairy Tale in the Modern Age Andrew Teverson 1. Forms of the Marvelous Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman 2. Adaptation Mayako Murai 3. Gender and Sexuality Jeana Jorgensen 4. Humans and Non-humans: Nature, Anima, Matter Amy Greenhough 5. Monsters and the Monstrous Christa Jones and Claudia Schwabe 6. Spaces: The Magically Real Spaces of Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Fairy Tale Sara Upstone 7. Socialization: Traditional Wonder Tales and Other Guides for Growing Up Jill Terry Rudy 8. Power: The Archaeology of a Genre Kimberly J. Lau Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
Andrew Teverson is Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Communication at Kingston University, UK
