Here comes a chopper to chop off your head : the dark side of childhood rhymes and stories
Evers, Liz2014
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Liz Evers delves into the origins of the best-known rhymes and tales to uncover a legacy of folk superstition, rotten royal families, execution, child marriage, cannibalism, and the multitude of other random acts of cruelty that make up any classic story.
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Imprint:
London Metro 2014
Collation:
229 pages
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Sowing superstition: how to turn your child into a neurotic -- Sex education: chastity, child marriage and a little incest -- History lessons: bloody aristocrats, rotten royals, politics and class -- Crime and punishment: execution, sacrifice, cannibalism and other acts of cruelty -- Model families: domestic disharmony, evil stepmothers and child abandonment
ISBN:
9781784180133 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
398.8 HER
Local class:
398.8
Language:
English
BRN:
77404
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