Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children's Novels

by Roberta S. Trites

Book Overview

An examination of feminist themes in children's and young adult's literature covers such topics as friendship, marriage, and community. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877455910
• ISBN13: 9780877455912
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Another Wonderful Trites Commentary

I enjoyed "Disturbing the Universe," and "Waking Sleeping Beauty" did not let me down, either. My academic focus is not actually feminist critique, but Trites has a wonderful section on subjectivity in this book, which is my focus (although specifically abjection, which Trites also covers well in that section).

groundbreaking work

This text is a wonderful read for anyone invested in the intellectual pursuit of scholarship and feminism. Obviously, this type of important work is upsetting to readers who do not like their patriarchal notions of "feminism" and the constructed body of the young and adult woman in today's culture questioned or problematized.

A Must Read

Trites' book is a must read for college students, teachers, parents, everyone... Her language is very accessible. I used this book as the main source for my senior thesis, and found it to be extremely helpful as well as enlightening.

Trites writes eloquently for her intended audience

The previous reviewer criticizes the book for not being accessible to youthful audiences. It's quite clear that Trites is writing for a professional, adult audience. In doing so, she provides a thoughtful, intelligent, convincing analysis of feminist children's literature. Potential readers should not be mislead by the previous comments as the reviewer has misunderstood the intended audience for the book. The book is essential reading for any adult interested in feminist children's literature.