Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex,Morality,and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale

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In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked Catherine Orenstein reveals for the first time the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities and philosophical underpinnings of Red Riding Hood's epic journey to Grandmother's house--and how, from the nursery on, the story influences our view of the world. Beginning with its first publication as a cautionary tale on the perils of seduction, written in reaction to the licentiousness of the court of Louis XIV, Orenstein traces the many and various lives the tale has lived ...

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Overview

In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked Catherine Orenstein reveals for the first time the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities and philosophical underpinnings of Red Riding Hood's epic journey to Grandmother's house--and how, from the nursery on, the story influences our view of the world. Beginning with its first publication as a cautionary tale on the perils of seduction, written in reaction to the licentiousness of the court of Louis XIV, Orenstein traces the many and various lives the tale has lived since then, from its appearance in modern advertisements for cosmetics and automobiles to the inspiration it brought to poets like Anne Sexton and its starring role in pornographic films. In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked, Red appears as seductress, hapless victim, riot grrrrl, femme fatale, and even she-wolf, as Orenstein shows how, through centuries of different guises, the story has served as a barometer of social and sexual mores pertaining to women. Full of fascinating history, generous wit, and intelligent analysis, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked proves that the story of one young girl's trip through the woods continues to be one of our most compelling modern myths.

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Melanie Thernstrom
Ms. Orenstein conveys both the stability of the tale's basic elements-a girl, a beast, a meeting in the woods-and their flexibility, which has allowed "Little Red Riding Hood" to survive for so long. Readers may end up asking what the story means to them. I myself had always read it as a tale of familial aggression: devouring love cloaked beneath ruffles of domesticity. As a child, I wasn't surprised one bit when grandma bared her fangs. Of course, that's about me (and my grandmother). But as Ms. Orenstein shows, fairy tales always are.
—The Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2004
Michael Sauer
The wolf's symbolic transvestitism is just one of many wonderfully irreverent yet perfectly logical conclusions Catherine Orenstein makes in Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked. The book is a witty journey through the many versions of "Little Red Riding Hood," through which we can see the dazzling importance of the fairy tale to our cultural and sexual identity. From Perrault's "Le petit chaperon rouge," a seventeenth-century lesson in the importance of chastity of young women, to Tex Avery's wartime cartoons about "Wolfie," perpetually aroused over a stripper in red, and even including "The Punishment of Red Riding Hood," a S & M lesbian porno loosely following the ancient plot, Orenstein reveals what we should have known all along: the fairy tales of our youth shape who we are today. This is true both individually and on a cultural scale.
—Chicago New City, July 25, 2002
Michiko Kakutani
A lucid -and often entertaining- survey of the ways in which "Little Red Riding Hood" has been rewritten and reinterpreted over the centuries. It explicates the ways in which different versions of the tale reflected the cultures that produced them, and the ways in which new varieations both buikld upon and suberted their predecessors.
—The New York Times, August 23, 2002
Shannon Geary
In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked, Catherine Orenstein traces the tale's evolution from oral tradition to literary classic, and on through various permutations in film and television and on the Internet. Orenstein introduces each chapter with a variant of the tale, ranging from the didactic Grimm version popular at bedtime to a bawdy sexploit shared in cyberspace. The 10 adaptations provide rich fodder for cultural and historical analysis, as well as excellent means for exploring the dynamic social meaning of fairy tales.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2002
Susannah Meadows
The cannibalistic, scatological stripper is not exactly Disney material, but she's believed to be the original incarnation of Little Red Riding Hood before she would undergo hundreds of revisions to become the G-rated heroine of our collective memory. Catherine Orenstein's revelatory new book, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked, traces the tale's makeovers and what they reveal about each culture that produced them. Like a director's juicy cut of a film, "Uncloaked" enriches the common version of the tale with its backstory.
—Newsweek Magazine, August 26, 2002
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A freelance writer traces shifting cultural messages about sex roles reflected in this classic fairy tale's diverse incarnations. Versions interpreted and illustrated include Perrault's original 17th century tale, the Grimm brothers' Victorian revision, Avery's animated (1943), a 1972 feminist version, and 1990s porn and indie movies. Based on a Harvard U. senior thesis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780465041251
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publication date: 7/2/2002
  • Pages: 304
  • Lexile: 1280L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.76 (w) x 8.52 (h) x 1.02 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Cloaking the Heroine 1
I Little Red Riding Hood: To Be Chaste - or Chased? 17
II Little Red Cap: To Walk the Straight Path 39
III The Grandmother's Tale: To Come of Age 63
IV Stubbe Peeter, Werewolf: A True Story 85
V Red Hot Riding Hood: A Babe in the Woods 107
VI The Waiting Wolf: In the Belly of the Beast 131
VII The Company of Wolves: She-Wolf or Bitch? 155
VIII Red Riding Hood Redux: The Cross-Dressing Wolf 177
IX The Punishment of Red Riding Hood: Fairy-Tale Fetish 205
X Freeway: A Ride in the Hood 219
Epilogue: Under the Cloak 239
Notes 247
Bibliography 263
Sources 271
Acknowledgments 275
Index 279
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 12, 2004

    Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex,Morality,and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale

    orenstein has something important here. its not just about a fairy tale. stories and myths shape our real lives. this book is funny and surprising, smart and profound.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 15, 2004

    Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex,Morality,and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale

    Loved this book! Hilarious and so smart!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 6, 2002

    Fairy Tales are Folk ways for all time!

    Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked is a confrontational tretise that approaches modern society through the explication of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. It still touches us all with each character in the tale, both in historic presentations of the story and up to the current varied depictions in print and other media. But Ms. Orenstein has boldly shed light as to the power of the extant fairy tale.

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