The Princess Story av Sarah Rothschild

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What is a princess story? In this subgenre, newly defined in <I>The Princess Story</I>, the protagonist either is a princess or is attempting to become one: the girl transforms into or identifies herself as a princess through marriage or through discovered identity, or both. Princess lessons often accompany this transformation, lessons that not only educate the fictional girl but also the reader.<BR> Cultural expectations and anxieties about the roles of girls and women are transmitted through princess stories, and the dialogic nature of feminism and patriarchy, forces for progress and forces for tradition, can be explored through their study. In this book, feminism and progress are embodied by the first, second, and third wave of feminist princess stories; patriarchy and tradition are represented by Disney Studios¿ princess stories. All of these stories influenced their readers, some of whom grew up to write their own princess stories, stories that reflected and ¿ they hoped ¿ further