Invisible Girls: Discourses of Femininity and Power in Children's Fantasy

Autor:	Sanna Tapionkaski
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Literature and Literary Theory
Zdroj:	International Research in Children's Literature. 1:213-226
ISSN:	1755-6201 1755-6198
DOI:	10.3366/ircl.2008.0008
Popis:	In children's fantasy, invisibility is a popular motif, typically achieved by using different magic items. Invisibility also serves an important role in feminist discourses of femininity and power. In feminist theory, invisibility has been used to describe the status of females in patriarchal systems, while in fantastic texts invisible females have often literally served as the monstrous Others. However, invisibility has also been seen as a form of empowerment, particularly in fantastic contexts where it can be interpreted both literally and metaphorically. To open up and explore these questions, this article examines the feminist discourses of invisibility, femininity and power in two British children's fantasy novels: The Time of the Ghost (1981) by Diana Wynne Jones and The Ghost Drum (1987) by Susan Price .
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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