Relentless Progress: The Reconfiguration of Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling

by Jack D. Zipes

Book Overview

Can fairy tales subvert consumerism? Can fantasy and children's literature counter the homogenizing influence of globalization? Can storytellers retain their authenticity in the age of consumerism? These are some of the critical questions raised by Jack Zipes, the celebrated scholar of fairy tales and children's literature. In this book, Zipes argues that, despite a dangerous reconfiguration of children as consumers in the civilizing process, children's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415990637
• ISBN13: 9780415990639
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"