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    Fairy tales have been apart of existence since the early 1700’s. There are multiple writers that are famous in the fairy tale community. For example: Charles Perrault‚ and the Grimm brothers. These writers have influenced on how fairy tales have changed in time. Originally fairy tales were dark and not for children‚ but overtime have become more for children. I remember when I was growing up‚ my mother would read me fairy tales. They are a common story that is read to children because it makes them

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    portrayal in the media‚ more specifically in Disney fairy tales. Fairy tales today are instrumental to children’s childhood development‚ however the lack of diversity and the inaccurate representation of minority groups in these tales allow for mass media companies like Disney to perpetuate white supremacy‚ racial stereotype‚ and cause internalized racism.

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    Postmodern condition

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    1. What is meant by the ‘postmodern condition’?   Postmodernism can be called “a condition of contemporary culture”‚ it is a modern movement which is strong‚ ambiguous‚ very popular and controversial. However‚ it is very difficult to explain the term because there is no full clarity what the term really means. As one can read in The Condition of Postmodernity it is “a mine-field of conflicting notions” and “a battleground of conflicting opinions and political forces”. There are so many interpretations

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    STEROTypical Gender Biased Fairy Tales STEROTypical Gender Biased Fairy Tales [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.] [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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    lessons. However‚ Sheldon Cashdan‚ author of “The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales”‚ explains this is a common misconception amongst readers‚ and in fact‚ the stories are to help us deal with internal conflicts and struggles we face throughout our lives (8). However there is much more to be taught when identifying a fairytales underlying meaning. For example‚ the classic Brothers Grimm tale‚ “Little Red Cap”‚ portrays the potential consequences lead by our inability to discern the

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    called Fairy Tales. From Walt Disney to the Grimm Brothers‚ many different versions were created‚ but they all have one important element that outshined even the element of having a moral‚ and that element was imagination. Imagination is the most special element of them all because without this element‚ no fairy tale would have ever existed in this world. Fairy tales has a special purpose in our lives and without them‚ the structure of our childhood would crumble to pieces because fairy tales gives

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    Postmodern Cultural Studies

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    Cultural Studies and the Academy 1. Cultural studies in the academies of the advanced capitalist countries has transformed the object of studies in the humanities. In particular‚ in English departments‚ cultural studies has challenged the predominance of the governing categories of literary studies (the "canon‚" the homogeneous "period‚" the formal properties of genre‚ the literary object as autonomous and self-contained) in the interest of producing "readings" of all texts of culture and

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    Maria Anwar M. Phil Literature – 2nd Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art

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    By definition from dictionaries‚ a fairytale is a story about fairies‚ told to amuse children. However‚ only few are actually tales about fairies. Even though all the stories have a happy ending‚ behind their lines we often find ideas of murder‚ cannibalism‚ mutilation‚ infanticide‚ and incest. The Grimm Brothers were collectors of folk tales and fairy tales. Apart from collecting and editing fairy tales‚ they wrote many articles‚ reviews and chapters and published numerous editions and translations

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    Evangelizing To The Postmodern Mind Adam McCloud COMS 542-B01 February 9‚ 2012 Dr. David Allison Evangelizing To The Postmodern Mind Communicating truth to someone that is not sure what truth is‚ or if truth even exists at all‚ is a very difficult task. To the postmodern mind‚ truth is not absolute; therefore‚ the spiritual absolutes Christians hold to‚ the postmodern mind insists do not exist. For Christians‚ sharing the gospel with the postmodern world appears to be a daunting task. D.A

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