FROM GOLDFISH TO GODMOTHER: A (history of the) Cinderella Story

A presentation at Odd Salon: Jackpot in April 2023 in San Francisco, CA, USA by Lilia Gutnik

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A (history of) a Cinderella Story

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“Fairy tales, like all forms of human creative expression, are surely worthy of thoughtful reflection” - Alan Dundes; “Cinderella, a Casebook”

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Once upon a time Persecuted heroine 😭 (Magic) help 🪄 Meeting the royalty 👑 Proof of identity 🔎 Marriage to royalty 💒 …Happily ever after

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Once upon a time Persecuted heroine 󰢬 (Magic) help 🦅 Meeting the royalty 🩴 Proof of identity 🔍 Marriage to royalty 󰘺 …Happily ever after

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺 ⁉

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Folklore 🥂 👻 🚢

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺

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“Fairy tales…are not simply works of imagination but are expression of the peasants’ hopes and struggles” - Robert Darnton, French Fairy Tales: Essays on a Major Literary tradition

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Cinderwench ella

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺 󰢴+󰧣+💃+🔎+👸

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🥛?🦡

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺 󰢴+󰧣+💃+🔎+👸 󰢮 🕊 󰙏 🔎 󰘻+ + + + + 🫣

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葉限

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺 󰢴+󰧣+💃+🔎+👸 󰢮+🕊+󰙏+🔎+󰘻+ 󰢲 🫣+🐟+󰙑+🔎+󰘽+ 🪨🪨

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😭+🪄+👑+🔎+💒 󰢬+🦅+🩴+🔎+󰘺 󰢴+󰧣+💃+🔎+👸 󰢮+🕊+󰙏+🔎+󰘻+ 󰢲 🫣+🐟+󰙑+🔎+󰘽+ 🪨🪨 󰛤 🐇 🎤 💬 🎭 …Happily ever after

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“Popular tales…mark the critical point at which imagination, hallucination, and literature - three phases of human experience, meet and remain still distinguishable” - RD Jameson, Cinderella in China

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