The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures
Author | : Pauline Greenhill |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 2018-03-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317368793 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317368797 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural studies, addressing, among others, issues of reception, audience cultures, ideology, remediation, and adaptation. Examples and case studies are drawn from a wide range of pertinent disciplines and settings, providing thorough, accessible treatment of central topics and specific media from around the globe.