- Gebundene Ausgabe: 296 Seiten
- Verlag: Smithmark Publishers; Auflage: illustrated edition (August 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0765108674
- ISBN-13: 978-0765108678
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,3 x 14,7 x 3,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.6 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (9 Kundenrezensionen)
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- Nr. 77 in Englische Bücher > Sachbücher > Politik > Nachschlagewerke
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Bedtime stories will never again be the same--at least not after reading James Finn Garner, who, in surprisingly true Fairy Godmother fashion, waved his authorial wand and revised a large collection of fairy tales and holiday lore in Politically Correct: The Ultimate Storybook. This volume compiles his three separately published books, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Once Upon a More Enlightened Time, and Politically Correct Holiday Stories, examining the many "isms," whether glaringly obvious or more subtle, inherent in traditional favorites.
The tales begin similarly to their Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson predecessors, but veer suddenly to incorporate non-offensive, politically correct language and modern issues that range from overzealous lawyers to rampant real estate development to the destruction of the environment. Garner refashions over two dozen tales including Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, plucking damsels and the disenfranchised from captive plot lines, increasing their self-awareness, spunk and dialogue ten-fold, then settles them comfortably back into tales where they can live happily ever after as confident, happy, successful entrepreneurs with a social mission.
The disclaimers preceding each of the three sections, as well as the abundant use of politically correct speech throughout the collection, appears at times more of a pointed mockery than a true attempt to enlighten stories locked in medieval thought. The tales do however, offer a witty and clever alternative to spoon-fed tradition. --Mara Shurgot
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Greatly Pleased,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Politically Correct, the Ultimate Storybook: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Nce upon a More Enlightened Time, Political Correct Holiday Stories (Gebundene Ausgabe)
I found this book rather enjoyable.I've grown rather tired of "happily ever after"stories.I believe that, although the magical aspects of the stories are gone, children will no longer be plagued with the false reality relayed to them through the original fairy tales.In Cinderella, for example, a young girl is led to believe that, instead of going out on her own and solving her own problems, she should wait for a man to cart her away.It may be a classic, but, like other stories, it gives the wrong message to children. In a rather humorus way, James Finn Gardner shows the reader how ridiculous society has become in its quest to become politically correct.
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This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.,
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James Finn Garner has taken the Politically Correct movement to its logical extreme in Politically Correct, the Ultimtate Storybook and shown just how truly ridiculous it is. These stories are best read aloud to a group. However, you may have trouble finishing the story due to the necessary pauses while waiting for the laughter to die down.
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A Hysterical, Facetious Reflection of our own Monster,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Politically Correct, the Ultimate Storybook: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Nce upon a More Enlightened Time, Political Correct Holiday Stories (Gebundene Ausgabe)
"Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" is, in truth, a hilarious book that will have you busting at the seams. However, it is also a mocking reflection of the Monster we have created that we call "Political Correctness." One excerpt that had me cringing was from "Chicken Little" when Henny Penny tends her garden with "...no fertilizer, insecticide, and no herbicide and allowed the various non-edible types of wildflower (sometimes called weeds) to mingle with her food crop..." Garner is indeed hysterical, but it also makes you step back and think a minute. What has our society really become? Is it really necessary to distinguish that Little Red Riding Hood is a "person" and not a "girl?" Since when was it offensive to denote someone's gender? I salute Mr. Garner on his awesome achievement, and I hope it shakes up people's minds as much as it shakes them up with laughter.
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COOL!
IT WAS A REALLY NEAT BOOK, I REALLY ENJOYED I
Am 28. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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