'Change the story, change the world': witches/crones as heroes in novels by Terry Pratchett and Diana Wynne Jones

Title: 'Change the story, change the world': witches/crones as heroes in novels by Terry Pratchett and Diana Wynne Jones
Creator: Webb, Caroline
Relation: 7th International Conference of the Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research (ACLAR 2006). Children's Literature at the Edge: New Texts, New Technologies, New Readings, New Readers (Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature, Vol. 165, Issue 2) (Melbourne 13-14 July, 2006) p. 156-161
Relation: http://www.engl.mq.edu.au/ACLAR/conferences_2006.html
Publisher: Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2006
Description: Representations of the witch in the western european fairy tale have been stereotypically negative: the witch was depicte generally as an ugly crone and always as malevolent. The black and pointed hat associated with the witch continue to be linked with a menacing expression and bad intentions. Although there have been som attempts to rehabilitate the witch in children's literature, until recently most of these have been superficial.
Subject: children's literature; witches; cultural conventions; identity; Terry Pratchett; Wee Free Men (2003); Diana Wynne Jones; Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
Identifier: uon:2851
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31869
Identifier: ISSN:1034-9243
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