1st Edition

The Feminist Architecture of Postmodern Anti-Tales Space, Time, and Bodies

By Kendra Reynolds Copyright 2020
266 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This monograph aims to counter the assumption that the anti-tale is a ‘subversive twin’ or dark side of the fairy tale coin, instead it argues that the anti-tale is a genre rich in complexity and radical potential that fundamentally challenges the damaging ideologies and socializing influence of fairy tales. The Feminist Architecture of Postmodern Anti-Tales: Space, Time and Bodies highlights... Read more

Introduction

Section One: Space

Chapter 1: ‘Psycho’-Geographies and Gendered Maps: Reimagining the City in Feminist Anti-Tales

Chapter 2: Feminist Journeys ‘Into the Woods’: The Use of Ecofeminist Landscapes in Postmodern Anti-Tales

Section Two: Time

Chapter 3: ‘Once Upon Many Times’: Subversive Temporalities in Feminist Anti-Tales

Section Three: Bodies

Chapter 4: Embodying the ‘Inbetween’: Subversive Bodies in Feminist Anti-Tales

Conclusion: Feminine Conclusions: New Architectures, New Futures

Bibliography

Biography

Dr. Kendra Reynolds received her PhD from Ulster University in Northern Ireland.