Fairy tale interrupted : feminism, masculinity, wonder cinema / Allison Craven.

Contents Introduction: Enchanted rivals: feminism, fairy tale and wonder cinema -- Retelling "Beauty and the beast" in the 1990s -- Fairy tale interrupted; or how Disney's beast became beauty -- Disney business and the rose taboo -- For the boys: remembering cupid, the prince, and the crisis of masculinity -- Redux beauty and the belles: feminism and femininity in Disneyland arcade -- The croaking: enchanted heroines and post-feminism -- Patriarchy dreaming: imagining masculinity in the second wave -- Beauty and the myth; or goddesses and father giants -- Facing the sphinx, leaving the princess -- Aftermath, after party; or the return of the unrepressed -- Transformational: pastiche and the princess -- Fairy tales alive: reliving wonder in live-action remakes -- Calling all princesses and forest warriors: empowerment and inheritance in post-feminist wonder -- Conclusion: (Not) out of the woods.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Craven, Allison, author. Fairy tale interrupted Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, 2017 9783034324700
LCCN 2016035885
ISBN9783034320870 paperback
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