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Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Jack Zipes

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2015
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Literatura: historia y crítica
ISBN:
9781138834804

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As Jack Zipes convincingly shows in this classic work, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. How and why did certain authors try to influence children or social images of children?

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