Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ555290
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Forever Acting Alone: The Absence of Female Collaboration in "Grimms' Fairy Tales."
Mendelson, Michael
Children's Literature in Education, v28 n3 p111-25 Sep 1997
Explores the roles allocated to women in the famous collection. States that, although collaboration figures prominently in many of the more than 200 tales, the benefits of collective action are not extended to women. Examines the differences between male and female collaboration in the tales. Contemplates the implications of these differences for the contemporary reader. (PA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Cooperation, Fairy Tales, Females, Literary Criticism, Sex Differences, Sex Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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