Carol Dyhouse's Love Lives examines how Cinderella stories have shaped women's expectations
Carol Dyhouse’s Love Lives examines how Cinderella stories have shaped women’s expectations By focusing on fairy tales, Dyhouse gives a sense of narrative cohesion to the fitful, complex, uneven revolution in postwar family life. We tried, like most parents we know, to steer our three-year-old away from “girly girl” culture, but even so, she has spent the past year flouncing around in princess dresses and asking everyone to marry her. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised; princesses are, after all, beautiful, noble and, even when they are complete drips or comatose and waiting for a...
Source: newstatesman.com
