{"product_id":"relentless-progress-the-reconfiguration-of-childrens-literature-fairy-tales-and-storytelling-paperback","title":"Relentless Progress: The Reconfiguration of Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Zipes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan 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 literature, fairy tales, and storytelling possess a uniquely powerful (even fantastic)capacity to resist the \"relentless progress\" of negative trends in culture. He also argues that these tales and stories may lose their power if they are too diluted by commercialism and merchandising.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories have been used for centuries as a way to teach children (and adults) how to see the world, as well as their place within it. In \u003cem\u003eRelentless Progress, \u003c\/em\u003e Zipes looks at the surprising ways that stories have influenced people within contemporary culture and vice versa. Among the many topics explored here are the dumbing down of books for children, the marketing of childhood, the changing shape of feminist fairy tales, and why American and British children aren't exposed to more non-western fairy tales. From picture books to graphic novels, from children's films to video games, from Grimm's fairy tales to the multimedia Harry Potter phenomenon, Zipes demonstrates that while children's stories have changed greatly in recent years, much about these stories have remained the same--despite their contemporary, high-tech repackaging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelentless Progress \u003c\/em\u003eoffers remarkable insight into why classic folklore and fairy tales should remain an important part of the lives of children in today's digital culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Zipes\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. An acclaimed translator and scholar of children's literature and culture, his most recent books include \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré, Why Fairy Tales Stick, Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller, Beautiful Angiola\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Robber with the Witch's Head\u003c\/em\u003e, all published by Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191479799888,"sku":"9780415990646","price":96.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/eGpZVFhHdmdYcGZhN3QxNjJvQTRsUT09.webp?v=1774918379","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/relentless-progress-the-reconfiguration-of-childrens-literature-fairy-tales-and-storytelling-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}