num_pages: 463
description: From classical enchantresses to Mother Goose to the Brothers Grimm, a cultural study of fairy tales shows what they reveal about the changing status of women, the ways of men, racial prejudice, and other serious subjects.
language: English
title: From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
titlecomplete: From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Essays, Feminism, Mythology, Research, Fairy Tales, Folklore, History, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 1411
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Myth and Fantasy Studies, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Harvey Darton Award
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux