Enchanted Maidens: Gender Relations in Spanish Folktales of Courtship and Marriage

by James M. Taggart

Book Overview

Spanish villagers tell many folktales that describe in metaphorical language the struggles of young men and women as they emerge from their parental families and join in love. In this book James Taggart presents dozens of orally transmitted tales, including "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Blancaflor," and dragonslayer stories, collected from seven villages in the region of CNBceres, and analyzes the differences in male and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028524
• ISBN13: 9780691028521
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"