Cinderella fairy tale adaptations in the twenty-first century explore agency, power, and empowerment, challenging traditional takes on the passive princess archetype. They include gender-bending and feminist adaptations, explorations of race and the body, and post-human and post-truth rewritings, creating a substantive cultural product that informs and reflects a contemporary social zeitgeist.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

Glass slippers, a fairy godmother, a ball, a prince, an evil stepfamily, and a poor girl known for sitting amongst the ashes: incarnations of the Cinderella fairy tale have resonated throughout the ages. Hidden between the lines of this fairy tale exists a history of fantasy about agency, power, and empowerment. This book examines twenty-first-century "Cinderella" adaptations that envision the classic tale in the twenty-first century through the lens of wokeness by shifting rhetorical implications and self-reflexively granting different possibilities for protagonists. The contributors argue that the Cinderella archetype expands past traditional takes on the passive princess. From Sex and the City to Game of Thrones, from cyborg Cinderellas to Inglorious Basterds, contributors explore gender-bending and feminist adaptations, explorations of race and the body, and post-human and post-truth rewritings. The collection posits that contemporary "Cinderella" adaptations create a substantive cultural product that both inform and reflect a contemporary social zeitgeist.

Glass Slippers, a Fairy Godmother, a Ball, a Prince, an Evil Stepfamily, and a Poor Girl Known for Sitting Amongst the Ashes: Incarnations of the Cinderella Fairy Tale Have Resonated Throughout the Ages

Hidden between the lines of this fairy tale exists a history of fantasy about agency, power, and empowerment. This book examines twenty-first-century "Cinderella" adaptations that envision the classic tale in the twenty-first century through the lens of wokeness by shifting rhetorical implications and self-reflexively granting different possibilities for protagonists. The contributors argue that the Cinderella archetype expands past traditional takes on the passive princess. From Sex and the City to Game of Thrones, from cyborg Cinderellas to Inglorious Basterds, contributors explore gender-bending and feminist adaptations, explorations of race and the body, and post-human and post-truth rewritings. The collection posits that contemporary "Cinderella" adaptations create a substantive cultural product that both inform and reflect a contemporary social zeitgeist.

ISBN-13: 9781793625960