THE SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES UP: A Feminist Interpretation of Fairy Tales

This book tries to explore the different segments of Feminist literature, especially with reference to how women are portrayed in Fairy Tales of the world. The text tries to analyze the difference between the beautiful and the ugly princesses, the numerous cultural constructs that have made them vulnerable when compared to the menfolk, and how far the female protagonists in modern fairy tales could actually ‘write back’ to their male counterparts, with special reference to Japanese fairy tales.

About the author: Sreetanwi Chakraborty is an academician, and a faculty in English Literature. She has completed her Graduation from Presidency College, Calcutta. She did her Post-graduation from the University of Calcutta, and thereafter, she achieved the First class First position for her M. Phil thesis from Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta. She has published many poems, journal articles, blogs and travelogues of her own. She has been awarded with the famous Charuchandra Memorial Scholar award.