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Bezig met laden... Around the World in 80 Tales (editie 2007)door Saviour Pirotta (Auteur)
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An illustrated compilation of stories retold from six continents in eight different storytelling traditions, including tales of Anansi and Brer Rabbit, selkies and fairies, pheasants, crocodiles, and turtles. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The pictures seem old-fashionedly casually offensive, too. Very stereotypical & simplified. And always *pretty.* The stories are *nice* - in both senses of the word. Even Disney didn't bowdlerize this much.
Maybe I'm over-reacting. Maybe it's ok that kids have these stories shared with them - it could be worse; they could have no stories read to them, no inkling of other cultures. I will keep reading. I just wish the author had addressed the concerns of authenticity.
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Ok done. Pirotta adapts even tales of known provenance, for example Andersen's The Princess and the Pea." I'm just so frustrated, as this could have been a wonderful collection. Some of the fables and little adventures are worth reading on their own merits - but this is an epic fail on any measure of cultural awareness. Sorry." ( )