It's weird what messages children extract from stories, isn't it? I find the "pretty girls" and "small feet" connotation quite disturbing myself, when I think about it.
It seems to me that I didn't really grow up with the traditional Disney and Brothers Grimm fairy tales. I grew up with Hans Christian Andersen, and his mind was mightily twisted. But in a good way. I don't remember Cinderella having an impact on me in any way. "The Snow Queen" did.
Thanks a lot for the book tip! I've been meaning to read some meta on fairy tales for ages.
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Date: 2007-01-09 08:26 pm (UTC)It's weird what messages children extract from stories, isn't it? I find the "pretty girls" and "small feet" connotation quite disturbing myself, when I think about it.
It seems to me that I didn't really grow up with the traditional Disney and Brothers Grimm fairy tales. I grew up with Hans Christian Andersen, and his mind was mightily twisted. But in a good way. I don't remember Cinderella having an impact on me in any way. "The Snow Queen" did.
Thanks a lot for the book tip! I've been meaning to read some meta on fairy tales for ages.