Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
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Book by Garner James Finn
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James Finn Garner has taken the opportunity to rewrite classic stories for more enlightened times: from Snow White s relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf who set up an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation to the Emperor who was not naked but was endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle. For the first time read the true story of what happened when the Ugly Duckling was judged on its personal merits and not on its physical appearance. At last, here is bedtime reading free from prejudice and discrimination to witches, giants, dwarves, goblins and fairies everywhere. You can remedy this cultural defect by reading Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and discovering what really happened when Jack climbed the beanstalk, when Cinderella went to the ball and when the wolf tried to blow down the house of the Three Little Pigs. For anyone brought up on sexist, racist, sizeist and ethnocentrist reading matter these stories have been purged of the influence of an insensitive cultural past to become fables for our times.
Revue de presse
One of those works which cleave an author instantly to your heart... It is beautiful. It demolishes, in few but elegant words, a dozen kinds of silliness. --Libby Purves, The Times
Not only essential reading for adults of all ages, but also the wisest, funniest, most thoughtful thing yet written on the subject of PC. --The Observer
The definitive, non-exploitative, non-patriarchalist (dontcha hate doing that to the kids?) ... collection of bedtime stories. --Daily Telegraph
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- ÉditeurBrilliance Audio
- Date d'édition1994
- ISBN 10 1561003913
- ISBN 13 9781561003914
- ReliureCassette
- Langueanglais
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories Audiobook
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Brilliance Corporation, 2003
ISBN 10 : 1561003913
ISBN 13 : 9781561003914
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Vendeur : B. Rossi, Bindlestiff Books, Altoona, PA, Etats-Unis
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Audio Book (Cassette). Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 90 minute audio cassette, package still in the original shrinkwrap. Abridged version of the book. A Hilarious send-up of political correctness in fractured fairy tales for our times! Once upon a time, in the olden days, heavyset middle-aged men would congregate in their elitist clubs, sit in overstuffed chairs, smoke cigars, and pitch story ideas and plots to each other. Problem was, these stories, many of which found their way into the general social consciousness were discriminiatory, unfair, culturally biased and in general, demeaning to witches, animals, goblins, and fairies everywhere. Finally, after centuries of these abusive, imperialistic tales which have been handed down from one male-biased generation to the next, James Finn Garner has taken upon himself (that's right, yet another man) to enlighten and liberate these classic bedtime stories and retell them in a manner that is positive and self-esteem building to women, minorities, the hearing impaired, the sight impaired, the differently-abled, gays, the third world, trees, shrubs, bushes, anorexics, bulimics, those in recovery, and spotted owls. James Finn Garner, the descendant of dead white European males, is a writer and performer. Humor. N° de réf. du vendeur b98a027c500790609a84035c33fd17c3
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