In the feminist cultural revolution at work, the princess of fairy tales has become the target to be shot down.
Snow White is in thrall, Sleeping Beauty is an allegory of rape culture, Belle a victim of SGBV (sexist and sexual violence) and Cinderella a martyr for not sharing domestic chores.
Deconstructing has become a full-time profession, and thousands of academics are working every day to track down the white male in Western artistic and cultural production.
At first glance, Jennifer Tamas' book
Au 'non' des femmes
(Seuil) belongs to this appalling genre.
The subtitle: "Free our classics from the male gaze" as well as the imperative, proclaimed from the introduction, to
"restore our cultural heritage (sic)"
make you want to close the book right away.
You don't have to.
Because, over the pages, the approach of the academic turns out to be more complex and subtle than it seems.
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