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Renee
Registered User
(11/12/05 11:51 am)
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Independant Study....
HI, I am a grade 12 student how needs help with an indepeant study. My topics is the role of woman in fairytales. How we are often portrayed as damnsels in distress, witches and hopelessly looking for mister "RIGHT". If anyone could help me with his that would be GREAT!!! <3
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AliceCEB
Registered User
(11/12/05 2:07 pm)
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Re: Independant Study....
You can start by taking a look here: www.surlalunefairytales.com/introduction/womenfairytales.html
Good luck,
Alice
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midori snyder
Registered User
(11/12/05 3:17 pm)
ezSupporter
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Re: Independant Study....
And you could try here too:
Women and Fairy Tales
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princessterribel
Registered User
(11/14/05 3:16 am)
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Re: Independant Study....
What you want to get hold of...if you can is Marina Warner's book called 'FROM THE BEAST TO THE BLONDE' part of my dissertation is looking at a similar thing and this book was great and more importanly , easy to understand. It is big but there are two chapters that were very useful that is, 'absent mothers' and 'wicked stepmothers'. She is full of points and ideas that you could develop.
You may wish to consider the viewpoint that many of these tales were originally told by women (written down by men) about women, and see where that takes you. It would look great on your bibliography.
Hope this helps.
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cammykitty
Registered User
(11/19/05 11:23 am)
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Re: Independant Study....
Also, look at the Fairytale collections of Jane Yolen. She's done at least one, if not more, collections that are focussed on women and the role of women. She's tried to find some that aren't so damselly, but seeing the more empowered roles will also help you discuss the ones that are less so.
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Renee
Registered User
(11/27/05 3:30 pm)
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Re: Independant Study....
ive read "from the beast to the blonde" and yes i will probably have an argument about how many of these tales were originally told by women . would you be able to help me maybe with the choice of my subtopics... i need at lest four arguments and subtopics within them....
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