Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257), filmography (pages 233-237) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Reality, Magic, and Other Lies : Fairy-Tale Film Truths -- Studio, Director, and Writer Oeuvres -- 2. Stop-Motion Animation and the Uncanny Real : LAIKA's Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings -- 3. Camera Obscura, Zoetrope, and Flying Monkey Drone : Science and Magic in Transcultural Fairy-Tale Media -- 4. Ça existe vraiment (It really exists)!: Babine, Ésimésac, and Ostension at Saint-Élie-de-Caxton -- Themes and Issues from Three Fairy Tales -- 5. "Hansel and Gretel" Films : Queer Death, Queer Failure, Family Horror, and Science Fiction -- 6. Witches, Mothers, a Vampire, and a Babadook : Women Coping with Crimes and Harms in "The Juniper Tree" Films -- 7. Transforming Cinderellas and Cinderfellas : Intersectional Perspectives -- Moving Forward? -- 8. Final Thoughts : To Overcome the Real.
Summary:
"Reality, Magic, and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths explores connections and discontinuities between lies and truths in fairy-tale films to directly address the current politics of fairy tale and reality. Since the Enlightenment, notions of magic and wonder have been relegated to the realm of the fanciful, with science and reality understood as objective and true. But the skepticism associated with postmodern thought and critiques from diverse perspectives-including but not limited to anti-racist, decolonial, disability, and feminist theorizing-renders this binary distinction questionable. Further, the precise content of magic and science has shifted through history and across location. Pauline Greenhill offers the idea that fairy tales, particularly through the medium of film, often address those distinctions by making magic real and reality magical"-- Provided by publisher.
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