Fairy-Tale Revivals in the Long Nineteenth Century
Fairy-Tale Revivals in the Long Nineteenth Century

Author: Abigail Heiniger

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1000915344

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Volume two explores the way a wide range of classic princess tales written by marginalized writers. Rapunzel and Snow White, with their pale skin or long ropes of golden hair, are particularly popular vehicles for exploring and challenging racialized constructions of beauty. Marriage is the traditional vehicle of a happy ending in Princess tales, so marginalized responses to these tales also inherently respond to the doubly colonized position of women in the Anglophone world. The institution of marriage typically exposes the institutional oppression of colonized women. Authors include Charles Chesnutt, Jessie Fauset, Julia Kavanaugh, George Edwards, some of the unpublished manuscripts of Jewish-Australian author Joseph Jacobs, and the earliest work of Sinèad de Valera, as well as fin-de-siècle illustrators such as Harry Clarke, and collected oral tales.

The Language of Blood
The Language of Blood

Author: John M. Nieto-Phillips

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780826324245

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A discussion of the emergence of Hispano identity among the Spanish-speaking people of New Mexico during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]

Author: Patricia Monaghan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2009-12-18

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 0313349908

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This two-volume set provides a comprehensive guide to the vast array of feminine divine figures found throughout the world. Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical literature to early ethnographies to contemporary interpretations, the Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways goddess figures have been viewed through the ages. This unique encyclopedia of over thousands of figures of feminine divinity describes the myths and attributes of goddesses and female spiritual powers from around the world. The two-volume set is organized by culture and religion, exploring the role of women in each culture's religious life and introducing readers to the background of each pantheon, as well as the individual figures who peopled it. Alternative names for important divinities are offered, as are lists of minor goddesses and their attributes. Interest in women's spirituality has grown significantly over the last 30 years, both among those who remain in traditional religions and those who explore spirituality outside those confines. This work speaks to them all.