Magical Dress: Clothing and Transformation in Folk Tales

Scott, Carole

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“…In narrative terms the power of clothes has a legacy from fairy tale to girl teen film. What remains in girl teen films is the idea that the right clothes, worn properly, have the power to shatter class boundaries and allow characters to climb social ladders (Berry, 2000;McDonald, 2010;Moseley, 2005a;Scott, ! 1996).…”

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The Aesthetic Pleasures of Girl Teen Film

Colling¹

2017

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What is 'fun' about the Hollywood version of girlhood? What kinds of pleasure does this version of girlhood invite us to enjoy? Through re-evaluating notions of pleasure and fun, this thesis forms a study of Hollywood girl teen films between 2000-2010. The aesthetic dimensions of commercial girl teen films are particularly underexplored. This study identifies the key aesthetics of girl teen film and articulates the specific types of tactile and kinaesthetic pleasures they are designed to create. Working outside of gendered hierarchies of pleasure and aesthetics, the thesis focuses on 'look and feel'. The study draws on recent literature that prioritises the relationship between film, the body, and affect, in conjunction with Susanne Langer's (1953, 1957) concept and Richard Dyer's (2002) application of 'embodiments of feeling', to present a new way of understanding the 'fun' in girl

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The Aesthetic Pleasures of Girl Teen Film

Colling¹

2017

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“…Within existing research, considerable attention has been dedicated to pronominal and other alterations as means of establishing character identity (among others, Muhawi 2001;Robinson 2007Robinson , 2010Yocom 2012), as well its materialmost notably sartorial (Ivleva 2009;Scott 1996)extensions, while the spatial component of these transformations remains largely overlooked. Yocom (2012), for instance, provides a comprehensive analysis of the language in "All Fur", tracing the changes in the references used to designate the heroine at different points in the story.…”

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Narrative space and spatial transference in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimmʼs fairy tales

Kujundžić¹

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in 2006. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the series Folklore Fellows Communications (FFC) and the FF Network from 2010 until 2018. His research interests include the modernisation of folk culture in the Soviet Karelia, ethnic identity on the Karelian-Finnish border area, heritage, Kalevala poetry, and paremiology. He also studies the told memories and experiences of Soviet citizens as they arrived in the regions and homes deserted by Finns in the areas of Karelia ceded to the Soviet Union as a result of the Second World War (edited volume Moving in the USSR: Western anomalies and Northern wilderness, 2005). With Anneli Honko he edited Theoretical Milestones. Selected Writings of Lauri Honko (2013) and with Anne Heimo Folklore in the Digital Age (2019). He has held numerous positions of trust at universities and within scientific societies.

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The Queen’s Wardrobe: Dressing the Part

Carney¹

2012

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Magical Dress: Clothing and Transformation in Folk Tales

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

The Aesthetic Pleasures of Girl Teen Film

The Aesthetic Pleasures of Girl Teen Film

Narrative space and spatial transference in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimmʼs fairy tales

The Queen’s Wardrobe: Dressing the Part

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