Gender and female villains in 21st century fairy tale narratives : from evil queens to wicked witches

• Other Authors: Le Clue, Natalie, (Editor), Vermaak-Griessel, Janelle, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Emerald studies in popular culture and gender.
• Subjects: Fairy tales > History and criticism.; Fairy tales in literature.; Women in literature.; Villains in literature.; Literary Criticism, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.; "Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers".; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801175661
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 pages).

For every hero, there is a villain, and for every villain there is a story. But how much do we really know about the villain? Filling a gap in the field of gender representation and character evolution, the chapters in this edited collection focus on female villains in the fairy tale narratives of 2...