Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies

First Page

27

Last Page

37

Additional Publication URL

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mat/summary/v022/22.1.jorgensen.html

Abstract

Bawdy folktales have generated controversy and scholarship for centuries, and their literary, sexually explicit descendants, eroticized fairy tales, are also deserving of attention. Marketed in short story collections as erotica, eroticized fairy tales use fairy-tale characters, plots, and themes as the setting for sexual adventures. Some of these tales focus on a naïve heroine’s initiation into sexual pleasure without her knowing precisely what is going on. I have termed these “innocent initiation” tales. Their use of traditional fairy-tale motifs contributes to discourse about female sexuality, agency, and objectification.

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This article was archived with permission from Wayne State University Press, all rights reserved. Document also available from Marvels & Tales.

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