Liz Grauerholz, an associate professor of sociology, teamed with Lori Baker-Sperry, an assistant professor of women's studies at Western Illinois University and a former Purdue graduate student, to ...

“Rapunzel’s” roots lie in the Italian story of “Petrosinella,” which was written by Giambattista Basile and published in 1634 — and honestly, I prefer Basile's tale. Like Rapunzel, Petrosinella is ...

Thanks to current pop culture, when the average reader thinks of fairy tales, something very specific probably comes to mind: Beautiful princesses. Cute animal companions. Handsome princes. Perhaps ...

Disney’s big screen adaptations of fairy tales and folk stories have become as well-known as the original stories on which they’re based — and, in many cases, the Disney versions of the plots are even ...

Four in ten readers believe that fairy tales have a very limited view of beauty when it comes to the characters Belle from Beauty and the Beast is described as “stunningly beautiful”. And when ...

It has been 75 years since the premiere of 'Cinderella' and, therefore, the birth of Disney princesses as a sociocultural phenomenon. With it, the narrative of romantic love spread, now questioned by ...

“Hansel and Gretel” is one of the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales that has become world famous. Courtesy illustration “The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition,” ...

During the ’90s, four or five booksellers used to sell children’s books at the corner of the Dhaka New Market mosque, opposite the corner cluster of tailors’ shops. They displayed their small ...