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Waking the World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine

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Waking the World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine - Chinen, Allan B, and Singer, June (Foreword by)
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Gathered from around the world and culled by the author from 7,000 folktales, these stories of a vigorous, potent femininity beyond that of the helpless princess focus on mature, capable women and set traditional plots on their ears. Here, the man sleeps while the woman breaks the spell and saves the king and his kingdom. These surprising tales are earthy, honest, and provocative .

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Waking the World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine 1997, Tarcher, Los Angeles

ISBN-13: 9780874778632

Mass-market paperback