Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition
What Cinderella Wore
Authors: Do Rozario, Rebecca-Anne C.
Free Preview- Examines well-known fairy tales from the Grimm brothers and PerraultReveals a critical nexus of fairy tale and fashion that sheds light upon constructs of privilege with ramifications for class and gender studies of the genreCovers 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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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario is an adjunct research fellow in Literary Studies at Monash University, Australia.
- Reviews
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“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 of the fairy-tale tradition.” (B.C. Kennedy, Gramarye, Issue 14, 2018)
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction: The Rise of Fashionable Fairy Tales, a Noble Fabrication
Pages 1-46
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Fashion Felons I: Leading La Mode
Pages 47-89
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Fashion Felons II: Breaking All the Fashion Rules
Pages 91-128
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Skills with Threads: Heroes Who Make Fashion
Pages 129-177
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Shoes, the Sole of Fairy Tale: Stepping Between Desire and Damnation
Pages 179-223
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition
- Book Subtitle
- What Cinderella Wore
- Authors
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- Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-91101-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-91101-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-91100-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-08177-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 316
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations
- Topics
