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Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization

by Jack D. Zipes · 1983

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The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But as Jack Zipes shows, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behaviour within culture.

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literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisfolklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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medium · 254 pages
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