{"product_id":"staging-fairyland-folklore-childrens-entertainment-and-nineteenth-century-pantomime-paperback","title":"Staging Fairyland: Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Schacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as pantomime was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a significant medium for the transmission of stories. Rowdy, comedic, and slightly risqué, pantomime productions were situated in dynamic relationship with various forms of print and material culture. Popular fairy-tale theater also informed the production and reception of folklore research in ways that are often overlooked. In \u003ci\u003eStaging Fairyland: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFolklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer Schacker reclaims the place of theatrical performance in this history, developing a model for the intermedial and cross-disciplinary study of narrative cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe case studies that punctuate each chapter move between the realms of print and performance, scholarship and popular culture. Schacker examines pantomime productions of such well-known tales as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as others whose popularity has waned-such as, Daniel O'Rourke and The Yellow Dwarf. These productions resonate with traditions of impersonation, cross-dressing, literary imposture, masquerade, and the social practice of fancy dress. Schacker also traces the complex histories of Mother Goose and Mother Bunch, who were often cast as the embodiments of both tale-telling and stage magic and who move through various genres of narrative and forms of print culture. These examinations push at the limits of prevailing approaches to the fairy tale across media. They also demonstrate the degree to which perspectives on the fairy tale as children's entertainment often obscure the complex histories and ideological underpinnings of specific tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMapping the histories of tales requires a fundamental reconfiguration of our thinking about early folklore study and about fairy tales: their bearing on questions of genre and ideology but also their signifying possibilities-past, present, and future. Readers interested in folklore, fairy-tale studies, children's literature, and performance studies will embrace this informative monograph.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Schacker is associate professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph and the author of \u003ci\u003eNational Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century England\u003c\/i\u003e Her collaborations with Christine A. Jones include \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFeathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws: Fairy-Tale Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618361831731,"sku":"9780814345900","price":60.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U2FZM1R1NUFKQkQyTlRuRC94ZHlBdz09.webp?v=1761904651","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/staging-fairyland-folklore-childrens-entertainment-and-nineteenth-century-pantomime-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}