Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - Couverture rigide

Garner, James Finn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0285640410 ISBN 13 : 9780285640412

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

In a collection guaranteed to provoke both laughter and thought, 14 timeless fairy tales are revisited and reworked to become relevant fables for more modern times. These hilarious adaptations satirize and sanitize the sexist, racist, nationalist, ageist, sizeist, ethnocentrist, and phallocentrist biases of classic bedtime stories. Familiar exploits of beloved characters are related from a respectful, prejudice-free perspective: the Emperor is no longer naked in his new clothes but "is endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle," Snow White escapes to the cottage of "seven vertically-challenged men," and Goldilocks is an ambitious scientist studying anthropomorphic bears. With a redesigned jacket and a previously unpublished story, this expanded edition is sure to appeal to readers of multiple generations who find political correctness is as topical as ever.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

James Finn Garner has taken the opportunity to rewrite classic stories for more enlightened times: from Snow White s relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf who set up an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation to the Emperor who was not naked but was endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle. For the first time read the true story of what happened when the Ugly Duckling was judged on its personal merits and not on its physical appearance. At last, here is bedtime reading free from prejudice and discrimination to witches, giants, dwarves, goblins and fairies everywhere. You can remedy this cultural defect by reading Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and discovering what really happened when Jack climbed the beanstalk, when Cinderella went to the ball and when the wolf tried to blow down the house of the Three Little Pigs. For anyone brought up on sexist, racist, sizeist and ethnocentrist reading matter these stories have been purged of the influence of an insensitive cultural past to become fables for our times.

Revue de presse :

One of those works which cleave an author instantly to your heart... It is beautiful. It demolishes, in few but elegant words, a dozen kinds of silliness. --Libby Purves, The Times

Not only essential reading for adults of all ages, but also the wisest, funniest, most thoughtful thing yet written on the subject of PC. --The Observer

The definitive, non-exploitative, non-patriarchalist (dontcha hate doing that to the kids?) ... collection of bedtime stories. --Daily Telegraph

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0285640410
• ISBN 13: 9780285640412
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 196