The Witch Must Die by Sheldon Casdan

The Witch Must Die by Sheldon Casdan

An important entry into the debates about the most important influences on childrens development, in particular about the impact of violent fantasy and imagery on childrens psychological and emotional well-being.. }What accounts for the enduring charm of fairy tales? The answer, says the author of this enchanting and insightful book, lies in the way these stories help children deal with classic psychological conflicts. The tales do this by projecting the childs own internal struggle between good and evil onto the battles between the characters in the stories. Cinderella, Rumpelstilskin, and Pinocchio vividly dramatize envy, deceit, gluttony, lust, and sloth, giving children a safe stage on which to confront their own deadly sins. When good triumphs over evil, readers also vanquish their sinful tendencies. Cashdan elegantly analyzes how fairy tales speak to human concerns, highlighting the roles played by iconic images like glass slippers and gingerbread houses, stepmothers, and sorcerers. He shows how fairy tales differ from culture to culture (in the Grimm version of Cinderella birds pluck out the stepsisters eyes but in Japan the stepsisters apologize and are forgiven); what happens when the tales are Disneyfied; and how fairy tales can have a surprisingly salutary effect on adult readers. Along the way he probes the eternal questions: Why does Snow White eat the poison apple? Why is the stepmother so mean? Why is Cinderellas father never around when she needs him? The Witch Must Die recalls a time in all our lives when fantasy was king and lifes important lessons emerged from magical tales. }

Cashdan, Sheldon: - Sheldon Cashdan, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is the author of Interactional Psychotherapy and The Witch Must Die: How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780465091485
ISBN 10	0465091482
Titel	The Witch Must Die
Autor	Sheldon Casdan
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Verlag	Basic Books
Erscheinungsjahr	1999-06-15
Seitenanzahl	304
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
Hinweis	Nicht verfügbar