• Yours, Mine, or Ours? Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and the Ownership of Fairy Tales

    Author(s):
    Donald Paul Haase (see profile)
    Date:
    1993
    Group(s):
    GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale
    Subject(s):
    Folklore--Study and teaching
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Fairy tales, folktales, reception, Appropriation, Ownership, Folklore studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6JM4T
    Abstract:
    Fairy tales are often described in proprietary terms. Because the myth of their origin among the anonymous folk is so strong, the general tendency in both popular and scholarly discourse is to conceive of fairy tales as either the common property of all humanity or the treasures of specific cultures, nations, or ethnic groups. Since the publication of the Grimms' collection and the advent of copyrights laws, the idea of fairy tales as unique, protected individual possessions has emerged. This essays explores the implications these views have on the utilization of fairy tales and proposes a view of ownership that relies on the autonomy of individual reception.
    Notes:
    Article, in slightly abridged form, reprinted in The Classic Fairy Tales, ed. Maria Tatar (New York: Norton, 1999) 353-364.
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    Published as:
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    Publisher:
    Jacques Barchilon and University of California Press. Journal acquired by Wayne State University Press in 1997.
    Pub. Date:
    1993
    Journal:
    Merveilles & contes
    Volume:
    7
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    383 - 402
    ISSN:
    0898-154X
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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