Description: Explores how contemporary issues of social justice and social change are represented, examined and interrogated in modern versions and adaptations of fairy tales across novels, film and TV.
Brief description: Cristina Bacchilega is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA. Her recent works include Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the 21st Century, coedited with Jennnifer Orme; publications in Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, of which she was co-editor.