From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural studies, addressing, among others, issues of reception, audience cultures, ideology, remediation, and adaptation. Examples and case studies are drawn from a wide range of pertinent disciplines and settings, providing thorough, accessible treatment of central topics and specific media from around the globe.
ISBN: | 9780367580735 |
Publication date: | 30th June 2020 |
Author: | Pauline Greenhill, Jill Terry Rudy, Naomi Hamer, Lauren Bosc |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 680 pages |
Series: | Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions |
Genres: |
Children’s and teenage literature studies: general Media studies: TV and society Cultural studies Literary studies: general History |