Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells: Fairy-Tales in the 21st Century

• Ortells Montón, Elena ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Jaume I

     Universitat Jaume I

     Castellón, España

     
• Localización: Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat, ISSN 1136-5781, Nº. 27, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Mujeres centroamericanas: autorías y escrituras dispersas en lo global (1890-1980)), págs. 259-273
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1344/Lectora2021.27.13
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio y Kellie Wells: cuentos de hadas en el siglo XXI
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  • español

    El objetivo principal de este estudio consiste en explorar si y, de ser así, cómo Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio y Kellie Wells han conseguido mantener, reproducir, olvidar o redefinir la ideología patriarcal tradicionalmente asociada a las cuestiones de género dentro de la tradición de los cuentos de hadas. Lo que resulta sorprendente es que varias décadas después del proyecto revisionista acometido por la "generación de Angela Carter", estas nuevas voces que experimentan en este ámbito sientan aún la necesidad de revisitar los mismos mitos y luchar contra la misma ideología y valores que impregnaron las reescrituras de los cuentos de hadas durante el siglo XX. El potencial carácter subversivo de las reescrituras de los cuentos de hadas parece haber sido superado por la poderosa agenda de un sistema social patriarcal que, a pesar de los cambios políticos y psicológicos, aún mantiene su posición.

  • English

    The main aim of this study is to explore if, and if so, how Rabih Alameddine, Kim Addonizio, and Kellie Wells have managed to sustain, replicate, disregard, or redefine the patriarchal ideology customarily associated to gender issues within the fairy-tale tradition. What is really striking is that, several decades after the revisionist project undertaken by the "Angela Carter generation", these new voices experimenting with the field of fairy tales still feel the need to revisit the same mythemes and fight against the same ideology and values that pervaded twentieth century retellings of fairy tales. The subversive potential of the fairy tale retellings seems to have been surpassed by the powerful agenda of a patriarchal social system, which, despite the social, psychological and political changes, still retains its status quo.

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