Excavating Childhood: Fairy Tales, Monsters, and Abuse Survival in Lynda Barry's What It Is
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DOI: 10.1080/08989575.2017.1338002
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article investigates the excavation of abused childhood in Lynda Barry's What It Is. Looking at the centrality of childish play, fairy tales, and the Gorgon in the protagonist's effort to cope with maternal… read more here.
Keywords: childhood; lynda barry; fairy tales;
Understanding fairy tales spoken in dialect: an fMRI study
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DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2018.1533139
Abstract: ABSTRACT Dialect comprehension has rarely been studied on the text level. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the neuronal processing of auditory story comprehension was compared in 17 bilectal listeners who spoke Standard German and… read more here.
Keywords: understanding fairy; dialect fmri; spoken dialect; fairy tales ... See more keywords
Princes Charming are not all made equal. The social cognition of mating strategies in four classical fairy tales
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DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2017.1422678
Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we apply the so-called Tie-Up Theory to the analysis of the social cognition of mating processes in fairy tales. Our analysis considers the four classical fairy tales that are more relevant… read more here.
Keywords: social cognition; fairy tales; cognition mating; four classical ... See more keywords
Shift from Wicked Stepmother to Stepmother in Eastern and Western Fairy Tales
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DOI: 10.30773/pi.2019.0132
Abstract: Objective The image of the wicked stepmother has created a prejudice against stepmothers, which makes it difficult for them to adjust to their stepfamilies. This study compared fairy tales from different cultures to reestablish the… read more here.
Keywords: stepmother eastern; stepmother stepmother; wicked stepmother; fairy tales ... See more keywords