Gender and the male character in 21st century fairy tale narratives : from enchanted heroes to modern masculinities

From the shady and complicated Rumpelstiltskin to the born-again hero of Captain Hook in Once Upon a Time, as well as films which magnify the male character such as The Huntsman: Winter's War, Tangled, Frozen, and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, the male fairy tale character has received...

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Other Authors Le Clue, Natalie (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesEmerald studies in popular culture and gender.
Subjects
Masculinity in popular culture.
Fairy tales.
Fairy tales in popular culture.
Social Science > Gender Studies.
Gender studies: men and boys.
Gender studies, gender groups.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837537907
DOI10.1108/9781837537884
Physical Description1 online resource (320 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Natalie Le Clue
  • Section 1. Gender representation in fairy tales and medi
  • Chapter 1. Gendered stereotypes of the male witch in selected children's film and fiction / Maggie Webster
  • Chapter 2. How manly is the mouse?: the view of masculinity across the years through Disney / Caleb George Hubbard and Brittney S. Morrissey
  • Chapter 3. Feminist quest heroine: deconstruction of male heroism in the 21st century fairy tale narrative / Thanong Aupitak
  • Chapter 4. Masculine image and identity in fairy tales c1900-1940 / Jennifer Fogarty
  • Chapter 5. Letting prince charming go: male characters and masculinities in Disney's Frozen / Auba Llompart
  • Chapter 6. Transformative masculinities: re-examining the role of the male in Red Riding Hood / Fiona Smith and Fiona McKay
  • Chapter 7. Geralt The Huntsman: The Witcher's upending of the classic "hero" trope / Justin Shay Easler and Kaitlyn Michelle Samons
  • Chapter 8. The impossible cartography of masculine trauma and ego in Netflix's Dark / Kirsty Worrow
  • Chapter 9. Blue Beard's descendants: the resonance of toxic masculinity in modern storytelling / Natalie Le Clue
  • Chapter 10. The erasure of the elderly Hatter: 21st Century American Remakes of the Mad Hatter / Brittany Eldridge Section 2. Reinterpretation and deconstruction of fairy tale tropes
  • Chapter 11. Gender subversion in horror fairy-tale Neverafter / Tess Watterson
  • Chapter 12. "It's remarkable how often [madness and brilliance] coincide": an analysis of the characters, Captain Jack Sparrow and Tarrant Hightopp, as alternate depictions of masculinity / Ailish Kate Brassil
  • Chapter 13. Subverting traditional representations of white masculinity in fairy-tale narratives: the case of Carnival Row (2019-2023) / Dina Pedro
  • Chapter 14. Fabulous godmothers and fairy-godfairies: reimagining the fairy godmother as gender-inclusive / Marty Heath
  • Chapter 15. The kuya in selected filipino storybooks: 'subordinate storylines' of male characters in narratives of adversities / Cheeno Marlo M. Sayuno
  • Chapter 16. 'The modern Prometheus': gothic masculinity, classical mythology and forensic reception in Netflix's 1899 / Kirsty Worrow
  • Chapter 17. The looking glass paradigm: an inductive evaluation of Once Upon A Time's Captain Hook / Natalie Le Clue Conclusion / Natalie Le Clue.

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