Sea Girl: Feminist Folktales from Around the World Contributor(s): Phelps, Ethel Johnston (Editor), Boynton, Suki (Illustrator), Older, Daniel José (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1558614184 ISBN-13: 9781558614185 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General |
Dewey: 398.208 |
LCCN: 2016050805 |
Series: Feminist Folktales |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 168 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The feminist folktales collected in Sea Girl upend any notion that women are doomed to be sentimental, meek, or submissive. In these classic tales, heroines unflinchingly wade monstrous rivers, escape ogres' nests, and outsmart desperate sharks and hungry tigers. And while defending their families and villages, they always determine their own fate. Ethel Johnston Phelps (1914-1984) held a master's degree in medieval literature, coedited a Ricardian journal, and published several articles on fifteenth-century subjects. She compiled two anthologies of feminist folktales from around the world, Tatterhood and The Maid of the North. |