Kampos: Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek, Issue 7Modern Greek Section, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge, 1999 |
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... married . Female characters with power in the tales are either negative ( when they are human ) or not human ( when they are positive ) , as , for example , the wicked stepmother or the fairy godmother . Furthermore , it was argued that ...
... married . Female characters with power in the tales are either negative ( when they are human ) or not human ( when they are positive ) , as , for example , the wicked stepmother or the fairy godmother . Furthermore , it was argued that ...
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... marry a young man . But when it is taken into account that this child , and later young man , is a snake that eats the hands of the midwives , the breasts of the nurses and , when married , the entire bodies of his brides in the wedding ...
... marry a young man . But when it is taken into account that this child , and later young man , is a snake that eats the hands of the midwives , the breasts of the nurses and , when married , the entire bodies of his brides in the wedding ...
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... marriage . After many trials she has to undergo a gender shift in order to secure the happy ending . It is remarkable that in the Afghan tradition the tales about women dressing and acting like men were mainly told by male narrators.47 ...
... marriage . After many trials she has to undergo a gender shift in order to secure the happy ending . It is remarkable that in the Afghan tradition the tales about women dressing and acting like men were mainly told by male narrators.47 ...
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problems of defining | 1 |
Women and gender roles in Modern Greek folktales | 21 |
a question of | 43 |
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