Fairy Tale and Film
Old Tales with a New Spin
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2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-02016-1 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-02016-1 (ISBN)
Sue Short examines how fairy tale tropes have been reworked in contemporary film, identifying familiar themes in a range of genres – including rom coms, crime films and horror – and noting key similarities and differences between the source narratives and their offspring.
Sue Short is a lecturer in film and media, a research fellow, and writer. Her previous works include Misfit Sisters: Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage, Cyborg Cinema and Cult Telefantasy Series.
Foreword Introduction: Old Tales with a New Spin 1. Finding Love and Fulfilling Dreams: Female Aspirations in the Rom-Com 2. Curses, Wishes, and Amazing Transformations: Male Maturation Tales 3. Wealth through Stealth: Evening the Odds or Inviting Disaster? 4. Demon Lovers, Ogre Husbands, and Female Avengers 5. Houses of Horror: Domestic Dangers and Man-Made Monsters 6. Postmodern Revisions: New Tales for Old? Epilogue Bibliography Filmography
Zusatzinfo | IX, 218 p. |
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Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-02016-4 / 1137020164 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-02016-1 / 9781137020161 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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