
Mixed Magic
Global-local dialogues in fairy tales for young readers
Anna Katrina Gutierrez(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 26. July 2017
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-90-272-0162-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mixed Magic: Global-local dialogues in fairy tales for young readers considers retellings and adaptations from a 'glocal' context: a framework focused on the reciprocal and cross-cultural exchange between global processes and local practices and their potential transformative effects. The study examines an eclectic range of retellings from the East and West from the 19th century until the present, among them orientalized picturebook versions of Beauty and the Beast and Bluebeard; Disney's animated classics; Asian versions of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid; Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese; and the fantasy films of Hayao Miyazaki. Drawing on theories of globalization, cognitive narratology, subjectivity, and eastern thought, the book reveals new implications for intertextual analysis. This beautifully illustrated volume is the first sustained study of the effects of global-local and East-West interchanges on representations of self and Others in children's literature and folklore studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0162-1 (9789027201621)
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Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Table of figures; 3. Introduction; 4. Chapter 1. Understanding glocalization and fairy tales; 5. Chapter 2. Glocal fairy-tale retellings: Reimagining the nation; 6. Chapter 3. "Can we be compassionately blended?": Orientalized retellings of Beauty and the Beast and Bluebeard; 7. Chapter 4. East imagines West: Conceptualizations of Western fairy-tale space in the anime films of Hayao Miyazaki; 8. Chapter 5. Mermaids; 9. Chapter 6. Beasts (and Beauties); 10. Conclusion: In these uncertain times: The promise of the glocal; 11. References; 12. Index