Re: fRACTURED FAIRY TALES (fwd)

["Masha K. Rudman" <masha.k.rudman@EDUC.UMASS.EDU>]

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> Hi everyone,
> I inadvertently sent this message to one person rather than
> the whole list.  I'm particularly fond of the titles here.
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> > From rudman Thu Jul 14 10:28:58 1994
> > Subject: Re: fRACTURED FAIRY TALES
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> > From: "Masha K. Rudman" <rudman@titan>

    Are you aware of Richard Gardner's FAIRY TALES FOR TODAY'S
> > CHILDREN?  In it the ungly duckling grows up to be an ugly duck, and he
> > learns to live with it.  Cinderella moves in with the prince before
> > marrying him, and they decide that their backgrounds and interests are
> > too different so they don't get married.  The stories are by no means
> > fairy tales, but they are fun and certainly convey a different perspective.
> >     On a deeper note, Rosemary Minard's WOMENFOLK AND FAIRY TALES, and
> > Ethel Johnston Phelps's TATTERHOOD AND OTHER TALES, and THE MAID OF THE
> > NORTH are beautifully told stories from the oral tradition focusing on
> > strong characters free of gender stereotypes. I think they're a MUST in
> > any study of fairytales.
> > Masha
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