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This chapter challenges psychoanalytic interpretations of fairy tales which state that tales have stable, universal meanings. I approach this by starting with the work of Jack Zipes which argued that children’s literature exerts power on young people to conform to social “norms” and practices, and then introduce psychoanalytic thoughts before proceeding to argue about the importance of creating a space through storytelling in the classroom for young people. Space where young people can explore their abilities to resist the pressures being placed on them.
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Parfitt, E. (2019). The Repulsive Frog: Is It Possible to Escape Being Danced to Pieces?. In: Young People, Learning and Storytelling. Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00752-2_3
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