{"product_id":"fairy-tales-and-society-ruth-b-bottigheimer-9780812212945","title":"Fairy Tales and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the \u003ci\u003e1001 Nights\u003c\/i\u003e; the female voice in folklore and fairy tale; change in narrative form; tests, tasks, and trials in the Grimms' fairy tales; and folklorists as agents of nationalism. The subject of methodology is discussed by Torborg Lundell, Stven Swann Jones, Hans-Jorg Uther, and Anna Tavis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth B. Bottigheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812212940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812212945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Ruth B. Bottigheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120290459903,"sku":"9780812212945","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d226f8d1-9b8a-432e-af5b-9f3e991527f5.jpg?v=1687413537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fairy-tales-and-society-ruth-b-bottigheimer-9780812212945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}