In Search of the Swan Maiden – A Narrative on Folklore and Gender
Autor Barbara Fass Leavyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 1995
--The New York Times Book Review
This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return.
These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy believes that, in the societies in which the tale and its variants endured, woman was the other--the outsider trapped in a society that could never be her own. Leavy shows how the tale, though rarely explicitly recognized, is frequently replayed in modern literature.
Beautifully written, this book reveals the myriad ways in which the folktales of a society reflect its cultural values, and particularly how folktales are allegories of gender relations. It will interest anyone involved in literary, gender, and cultural studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780814751008
ISBN-10: 0814751008
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: MI – New York University
ISBN-10: 0814751008
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: MI – New York University
Recenzii
"In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds."
--The New York Times Book Review
"In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds." --The New York Times Book Review
"A consistently clear, comprehensive and accessible introduction which carefully sifts Foucault's work for both its strengths and weaknesses. McHoul and Grace show an intimate familiarity with Foucault's writings and a lively, but critical engagement with the relevance of his work. A model primer."-Tony Bennett, author of "Outside Literature"
--The New York Times Book Review
"In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds." --The New York Times Book Review
"A consistently clear, comprehensive and accessible introduction which carefully sifts Foucault's work for both its strengths and weaknesses. McHoul and Grace show an intimate familiarity with Foucault's writings and a lively, but critical engagement with the relevance of his work. A model primer."-Tony Bennett, author of "Outside Literature"