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Dads, Daughters, And Disney: The Historical Trajectory Of Fairy Tale Fathers And Daughters, Katie Mancino
Dads, Daughters, And Disney: The Historical Trajectory Of Fairy Tale Fathers And Daughters, Katie Mancino
Honors Theses
In my thesis I use a historical approach to close readings of fairy tale texts and movies to study the evolution of fathers, daughters, and marriage within three landmark tales: ¿Cinderella,¿ ¿Sleeping Beauty,¿ and ¿Snow White.¿ Using the works of Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and Walt Disney and his cohort of animators, I trace the historical trajectory of these three elements, analyzing both the ways they change and develop as history progresses as well as the ways they remain consistent. Through close and comparative readings of primary sources and films, I demonstrate the power structures and …