{"product_id":"transgressive-tales-queering-the-grimms-paperback","title":"Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Friedenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAnita Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eBettina Hutschek\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in the Grimm brothers' \u003ci\u003eKinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales\u003c\/i\u003e), first published in 1812 and 1815, have come to define academic and popular understandings of the fairy tale genre. Yet over a period of forty years, the brothers, especially Wilhelm, revised, edited, sanitized, and bowdlerized the tales, publishing the seventh and final edition in 1857 with many of the sexual implications removed. However, the contributors in \u003ci\u003eTransgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrate that the Grimms and other collectors paid less attention to ridding the tales of non-heterosexual implications and that, in fact, the Grimms' tales are rich with queer possibilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditors Kay Turner and Pauline Greenhill introduce the volume with an overview of the tales' literary and interpretive history, surveying their queerness in terms of not just sex, gender and sexuality, but also issues of marginalization, oddity, and not fitting into society. In three thematic sections, contributors then consider a range of tales and their queer themes. In Faux Femininities, essays explore female characters, and their relationships and feminine representation in the tales. Contributors to Revising Rewritings consider queer elements in rewritings of the Grimms' tales, including Angela Carter's \u003ci\u003eThe Bloody Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeanette Winterson's \u003ci\u003eTwelve Dancing Princesses\u003c\/i\u003e, and contemporary reinterpretations of both \"Snow White\" and \"Snow White and Rose Red.\" Contributors in the final section, Queering the Tales, consider queer elements in some of the Grimms' original tales and explore intriguing issues of gender, biology, patriarchy, and transgression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the variety of unique perspectives in\u003ci\u003e Transgressive Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will find new appreciation for the lasting power of the fairy-tale genre. Scholars of fairy-tale studies and gender and sexuality studies will enjoy this thought-provoking volume.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKay Turner is adjunct professor of performance studies at New York University, teaching courses on oral narrative theory and queer theory, with an emphasis on the fairy tale. She is also Folk Arts Director at the Brooklyn Arts Council. Her other books include\u003ci\u003e Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women's Altars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaby Precious Always Shines: Love Notes Between Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePauline Greenhill is professor of women's and gender studies at the University of Winnipeg. Her most recent books are Make the Night Hideous: \u003ci\u003e Four English-Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940; Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity \u003c\/i\u003e(with Sidney Eve Matrix, co-editor); and \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife\u003c\/i\u003e (with Liz Locke and Theresa Vaughan, co-editors). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: Emilie Anderson-Grégoire, Cristina Bacchilega, Anita Best, Joy Brooke Fairfield, Andrew J. Friedenthal, Kevin Goldstein, Pauline Greenhill, Bettina Hutschek, Jeana Jorgensen, Kimberly J. Lau, Elliot Gordon Mercer, Margaret A. Mills, Jennifer Orme, Catherine Tosenberger, Kay Turner, Margaret R. Yocom\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757795377440,"sku":"9780814334812","price":66.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8aa1b6ba155d4792089243465ca7f87c.webp?v=1780111982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/transgressive-tales-queering-the-grimms-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}