Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century

The main aim of this study is to explore if, and if so, how Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells have managed to sustain, replicate, disregard, or redefine the patriarchal ideology customarily associated to gender issues within the fairy-tale tradition. What is really striking is that,...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5d1824c0a1ed4ac2b81b525a667c20ab2021-12-02T18:11:06ZRabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century10.1344/Lectora2021.27.131136-57812013-9470https://doaj.org/article/5d1824c0a1ed4ac2b81b525a667c20ab2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/33063https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470 The main aim of this study is to explore if, and if so, how Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells have managed to sustain, replicate, disregard, or redefine the patriarchal ideology customarily associated to gender issues within the fairy-tale tradition. What is really striking is that, several decades after the revisionist project undertaken by the "Angela Carter generation", these new voices experimenting with the field of fairy tales still feel the need to revisit the same mythemes and fight against the same ideology and values that pervaded twentieth century retellings of fairy tales. The subversive potential of the fairy tale retellings seems to have been surpassed by the powerful agenda of a patriarchal social system, which, despite the social, psychological and political changes, still retains its status quo. Elena Ortells MontónUniversitat de Barcelonaarticlerevisionsfairy talesfeminismpatriarchyWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Iss 27 (2021)
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Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century
description The main aim of this study is to explore if, and if so, how Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells have managed to sustain, replicate, disregard, or redefine the patriarchal ideology customarily associated to gender issues within the fairy-tale tradition. What is really striking is that, several decades after the revisionist project undertaken by the "Angela Carter generation", these new voices experimenting with the field of fairy tales still feel the need to revisit the same mythemes and fight against the same ideology and values that pervaded twentieth century retellings of fairy tales. The subversive potential of the fairy tale retellings seems to have been surpassed by the powerful agenda of a patriarchal social system, which, despite the social, psychological and political changes, still retains its status quo.
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title Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century
title_short Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century
title_full Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century
title_fullStr Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century
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