Outfoxing Fear Folktales from Around the World

Name: Outfoxing Fear Folktales from Around the World
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ISBN: 9780393329322

ISBN-10: 0393329321

ISBN-13: 9780393329322

Edition: Annotated

Authors: Jack Zipes, Kathleen Ragan, Jack Zipes

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"Kathleen Ragan is a contemporary Scheherazade."Jack Zipes Humans of all eras and cultures have lived with fearwhether fear of becoming jaguar prey, of being besieged by Vikings, or of nuclear holocaust. For millennia we have created folktales to help us transform this fear into action, into a solution, into hope. Kathleen Ragan, editor of the anthology Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters, scoured the globe and collected these sixty-three tales that respond to fear in its wide variety of incarnations. From the old Japanese woman who tricks the tengu monster to the bluebird who uses the Chinook Wind to teach her mother compassion, Outfoxing Fear is a "satisfyingly pointed and…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English