Overview
- Examines well-known fairy tales from the Grimm brothers and Perrault
- Reveals a critical nexus of fairy tale and fashion that sheds light upon constructs of privilege with ramifications for class and gender studies of the genre
- Covers early modern tales and the gradual decline of fashion-orientated fairy tales as well as identifing a resurgence in the twentieth century, when the stage and screen revived the glamour of fairy tale to appeal to the masses, culminating in the phenomenon of Disney princesses
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a journey through the fairy-tale wardrobe, explaining how the mercurial nature of fashion has shaped and transformed the Western fairy-tale tradition. Many of fairy tale’s most iconic images are items of dress: the glass slippers, the red capes, the gowns shining like the sun, and the red shoes. The material cultures from which these items have been conjured reveal the histories of patronage, political intrigue, class privilege, and sexual politics behind the most famous fairy tales. The book not only reveals the sartorial truths behind Cinderella’s lost slippers, but reveals the networks of female power woven into fairy tale itself.
Reviews
“In this richly detailed and thoroughly researched book, Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario links fairy tales with fashion, redefining the genre’s history in order to highlight the sartorial connections that weave in and out of many texts and traditions. ... The range of texts analyzed is impressive. … This sack of meat concurs, and henceforth recommends Do Rozario’s book as one of the more stimulating contributions to fairy-tale studies in a good long while.” (Jeana Jorgensen, Marvels & Tales, Vol. 36 (1), 2022)
“This book seeks to investigate the role clothing and fashion plays in fairy tales and how fashion has actively shaped fairy-tale traditions, revealing the material cultures behind the most sartorial gestures. … The book is a useful addition to this expanding area of literature. It is well referenced and highlights a novel aspect ofthe fairy-tale tradition.” (B.C. Kennedy, Gramarye, Issue 14, 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario is an adjunct research fellow in Literary Studies at Monash University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition
Book Subtitle: What Cinderella Wore
Authors: Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91101-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91100-7Published: 19 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08177-5Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91101-4Published: 06 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 316
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Fiction, Children's Literature, Culture and Gender